Much of your criticism of Obama seems to be based on his failure to bring America back to "normalcy". I think he did not understand the animosity of those republicans left in congress after 2008. They were pretty successful in stopping his efforts to move the economy forward - willing to let Wall Street be bailed out but unwilling to either pay for it or allow the needed massive federal infrastructure expenditures - which would unquestionably make a dent on the unemployment figure - but would require higher taxes unless we want to go further in debt.
Incidentally, apparently the World sees the US debt as the safest in the world - our government bonds are selling for the lowest rates in my lifetime - by several percentage points.
I am really concerned about congressmen and senators who apparently would rather hurt Obama than help the people they were supposedly elected to represent. This is apparently the major force driving the republican nomination races. I don't blame the GOP donors for being apprehensive about them - all they seem to promise is a return to Bush's failed policies or even more drastic economic attacks on the middle and working classes - to say nothing of us retired types.