“…Can even the most devoted Obama admirer plausibly claim that a new day of harmony and cooperation actually dawned in Washington?…”

Obama has not been a transformative leader.

“…Obama himself remains a…divisive rather than unifying figure…. this president’s most fatal failure. …”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/01/obama-s-achilles-broken-promise-of-bipartisanship-may-sink-reelection.html