A sensible man.

How long has it been since words this sensible have been uttered for public consumption by a US president?

This is America. We don’t disparage wealth. We don’t begrudge anybody for achieving success. And we believe that success should be rewarded. But what gets people upset — and rightfully so — are executives being rewarded for failure. Especially when those rewards are subsidized by U.S. taxpayers.

Say what you will about President Obama's performance after 2 weeks in office, but you cannot question his connection to the mood of a fed-up-with-fatcats constituency.