The second Barack has to REALLY propound on the issues he will make people laugh at him mercilessly.
The man is nothing but abstract talking points. He has not CLUE about the issues, nor a REAL opinion on them.
"Empty suit" doesn't BEGIN to explain how facile and empty he really is.
He was the president of the Harvard Law Review--no minor feat--and I would be careful not to underestimate him. He's clearly very intelligent, and could probably understand anything important to getting elected very well.
I think Obama wants to get out of the limelight. He has a great deal. Sit in the Senate until he dies, collecting a salary (and whatever else can come his way). The worst thing he can do is develop ambition.