Sullenness? - we HATE Obama and it is very depressing to have him in the WH. The pall here will lift once he is tarred and feathered and/or replaced.
I think Obama really is the source of our depression here. His policies are horrible, but his whole approach is a downer, a rhetoric based on envy, fear and revenge.
Someone pointed out that one of the reasons Putin isn’t concerned about Obama is that it is clear to him that Obama is too involved rooting out his domestic political enemies to give a darn about what happens in the rest of the world (especially if it doesn’t involve Muslims).