A few weeks after his innauguration, I wrote a column predicting that President Obama would be a one-term chief executive if he stayed with the policy course with which he launched his presidency.  A litte past the six-month mark of his first year in the Oval Office and things are going pretty much as I expected.

Over at Hot Air, Allahpundit offers an interesting comparison between the charisma of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Both men are superb communicators, but Allahpundit points to the factor that most separates them: