Obama is arrogant.
There is no way around it. There is no doubt in my opinion that he is too unapologetically, too unforgivably arrogant to effectively lead America.
That is not to say he will not express regret. He does it all the time. Whether he is apologizing to those involved in Special Olympics for his unintelligent gaffe where he said of his bowling, "I bowled a 129. It's like - it was like Special Olympics, or something." Or when he apologized to Nancy Reagan for commenting that he "didn't want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any séances." By the way Barack, I do believe it was your Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton who admitted communicating with the dead, not Mrs. Reagan.
media, and heralded as a speech on par with Martin Luther King's "Dream" speech as well as Ronald Reagan's "Tear down this wall!' speech.
Then came Merkel.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel became visibly annoyed at Obama when he compared himself to the sitcom character Steve Erkel. Going off teleprompter Obama was reported as saying, "You see; if I was Steve Erkel and we got married, your name would be Merkel Erkel. Now, that's funny!" Although Merkel sternly pointed out the inappropriate nature of the comment, the Chancellor was equally quick to note how much Obama really does resemble the nerdy icon.
When asked by a reporter why he made the comparison to Merkel, Obama responded, "Did I do that?"
Obama's initiative is touted as being the most important executive order since the Emancipation Proclamation. Now, we'll just have to see about that, now won't we?