Voters thought they were voting for change. Obama just wanted a great job.

There are two trains of thought about Obama’s job performance. Those who think that he’s doing a good job are in a small and shrinking minority. That leaves the majority who are either of the opinion that he’s in over his head (a majority of voters) and those who are unhappy that he’s not socializing the nation fast enough (a small Kossite minority).

But what if everyone is wrong about Obama’s reason for running for President? What if the reason he wanted the job is that it’s got great perks? What if he wanted the Presidency for the same reason that Jeff Immelt wanted to run GE: because that job has the best salary, the biggest benefits and he gets to decide who rides on the company jets?

Let’s examine the Obama record. He gets elected and he gets to live in a great house with lots of servants that he doesn’t have to pay for.  Michelle alone has 26 servants. 

His private plane is part of a fleet that includes a luxuriously appointed 747 that he doesn't have to pay for.

He gets to party with heads of state where the food is prepared by internationally famous chefs and the Wagu beef is paid for by someone else.

When he wants to go on a date night with his wife they stop traffic and clear the streets all at someone else’s expense.

While the regular people are losing their jobs and homes, he gets to go golfing and see baseball games.

When he’s ready to leave after either four or eight years his retirement is paid for by the government and exceeds a million dollars a year.

On retiring he can make a fortune by charging a million dollars for a 45 minute speech.

Let’s face it, Obama’s got a great gig. He’s got job security for four years and even if he gets fired at the end, he never has to worry about working again.

Keep this in mind when you consider that before this he was a community organizer with a piss poor income, a state legislature who voted “present” more than any other way. He was a part of the Chicago political machine. And after a few months as a senator, Obama caught the brass ring of the Peter Principal and he’s making out like a bandit. And if you’re suffering, that’s just too bad. Look at all the people in Chicago who have gotten exactly nothing in return for supporting the Obama style of political corruption.

Meanwhile, he’s got it made.

UPDATE:  Victor Davis Hanson reveals his thoughts about Obama ...

“Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies. It’s your misfortune and none of my own …”

There is another problem for the Democrats: I don’t think Obama cares much about a midterm correction for reasons other than his own narcissism. One, he already is a laureate and post-presidential historical figure. If Bill Clinton or Al Gore is any guide, he can make a billion or two sermonizing and philosophizing for the next forty years. If Jimmy Carter can create an empire of self-absorption, any president can.

I think the presidency was always sort of a warm-up, a preparation for worldwide messiah-in-chief. It won’t be too bad a life — sort of like living in the Edwards mansion talking about marital bliss and the wretched “other America,” or Gulfstreaming into Oprah country while hawking Green, Inc. for those down in the lowlands. Once the left gets over the dismal record of Obama’s actual governance, they can afford once again to be mesmerized by four more decades of Obama’s planet healing tomfoolery. (Once Van Jones can’t do any more damage, he is a sort of left-wing cult figure.)

It's a gig.  It's about him and Michelle, and he's not giving it up.