I have thought the same thing but such little respect is given to President Obama it seems to become common and acceptable. I will say from the day he ran for office he was given little to no respect and no even a thought of actually winning. The shock hasn't gone away and many just follow with others do. I was raised to respect my elders and officials. Each President elected since Eisenhower has been given the respect for the position as President regardless of one's point of view or party. But our culture in America isn't big on respect anymore. When you hear elected law makers shout you lie to the President and even a Supreme Court Justice say the President doesn't know what he's talking about. The insults and names called to this President are beyond belief. President Obama gets full respect from Foreign countries but little to none in the USA. Our youth watch and follow adults behavior and this is how we should them what is acceptable. As a person from the 50's it's clear how they feel and the level President is looked at. We have a long way to go but it seems we're going backward by choice.

Just a thought, I've watched Presidents go on foreign trips to meet and talk with other leaders for move then 55 years. As President Obama traveled to Latin America MSNBC foreign correspondent Chuck Todd reported the trip as a Obama vacation. The Presidents family traveled with his as he did his job. While other Presidents took their wives and even children when doing business overseas it was never called the President is taking a vacation. Another sign of how much disrespect this President receives while doing his job.

Chuck Todd is as much a journalist as I am a physicist. The guy is comfortable and good when explaining poll numbers. That's about it. That's also about all the nuance you're gonna get from him on political stories. I loved his smug sarcasm when he told Brian Williams he'd be getting mail from "the left" or some such nonsense when Williams used the term "Obamacare". Yes, excuse us for having a problem with someone who's supposed to be a neutral journalist using a derogatory term that the President's opponents came up with. Wackly liberal leftists! If you want to see how bankrupt Todd is morally and ethically Google up his little debate with Jeremy Scahill on Real Time With Bill Maher. Todd basically explained the reason that major news networks didn't look into possible war crimes during the Bush Administration was that the allegations wouldn't go anywhere in Congress. It's a pretty revealing video and explains a lot about Todd and his basic view of reporting politics as a horse race and not much else.