Maybe a bit premature; but an apt description...

Chicago Boyz:

"Obama will face something of the same effect. All his life he has been the up and coming ernest black man in a political subculture that fawns over such people. He’s never really had to decide and to produce. He campaigned on being himself. He campaigned on the story of being the first black President. People listened to him in the context of partaking in the story of the first black Presiden. As President, he no longer has that context. He’s no longer the mythic story but just another politician. People listen to him with a certain suspicion. They want to know the specific whys and hows of his proposals.

Obama isn’t the inspiring story anymore. He’s just another huckster with a spiel. It remains to be seen if he can adapt."