As for not knowing the level of influence a President has, you're not fully grasping my point.
Oh, yeah. You're right, I did read it in a particular tone.

Also stagflation is an economic term to describe a system of high inflation, with low economic growth and high employment. In other words crunched.
Ah.
That about sums it up, actually.
Still don't like the term.

As far as whether Obama the man is becoming more influential than the Democrats, I think it's safe to say that he is on a worldwide level.
Well it's easier to picture a country's political system when you have a face to go with it, I guess.
(This is why it's hard for Americans to keep up with foreign politics. Who the F are these people?)

And yeah, the Nobel was a freakin joke.

is he even well liked amongst Dems?
That's the core question that nobody can answer.
This is the situation in the US right now...
Imagine you're in a room full of your fellow Liberals. You've all gotten along pretty well for years, now imagine there is a discussion about the president of the united states and someone asks you, point blank,
"Do you like Obama?"
Everyone else stops talking and stares at you.

That's what it's like in America right now.
It doesn't matter what your answer is,
it is the wrong answer.

That's the reason I don't think he's going to make a second term, reguardless of what the polls say, or the crowds, or the news.
Because they're all a room full of people waiting for you to answer that question.
The only positive part of this story is that once you are inside the voting booth, nobody gets to harass you for answering the question honestly.

Anyone who claims it isn't that way is probably just unaware of the tension over the subject, or lying.

EDIT:
No, I don't like Obama at all.
He's an arrogant, pencil-necked douche who wants to take even more of my money to establish a healthcare system I don't want.

I can say it here because I don't give a ___ how anyone will respond to it and none of you know where I live.