Reply #26: I see people on a daily basis who seem to have the life force sucked right out of them... [View All]

[Amerigo Vespucci]

...and after being out and around them, or talking with them on the phone, or exchanging emails, I see that look in the mirror some days as well.

I don't think Obama looks beaten down at all. That's wishful thinking. A man who's beaten down is a man unable to come to terms with the fact that he's been unable to do what he's set out to do.

Obama, if he chose to, could be standing under a "Mission Accomplished" banner right now.

"Beaten down" my ass.