I don’t hear people saying, “I agree with his policies and positions,” I hear, “I believe in Obama.”
Rather than write it off as empty, I would like to see someone do a thesis-level analysis of Obama’s rhetoric.
From an historical perspective, Obama’s rhetoric frightens me. I see it as an abusive exploitation of the human religious sentiment in the service of progressivism's political religion.
An interesting article to read for background:
"The Abusive Exploitation of the Human Religious Sentiment" -
Michael Burleigh as Historian of "Political Religion"
A review by Daniel J. Mahoney
The Intercollegiate Review, Vol. 43 No.1, Spring 2008, pg. 42
Speaking of Obama as Messiah, did you see this website entitled, “Hitler as Messiah and God?”
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Stadium/6712/hitleras.htm
My guess is that Obama learned from Islam the importance of the making the religious the political — you don’t have to prove anything — it is thus because Obama says it is so — and you can command absolute authority and be God-like.