US Leadership–Out of Touch With Reality

The Financial Times wrote on July 28 that “the public image of the president” is one “who is out of touch with the grim reality on the ground.” Other reports agree, focusing on issues such as Obamacare”; the Gulf of Mexico oil spill; the Afghan war; and Michelle Obama’s costly “vacationing” in Spain. But are our political leaders the only ones who are out of touch with reality?