Still, though, he does have very fragile emotions – controlled or not. It is the fragility that I think might be his eventual undoing.

When I say “iron emotional control,” I’m including that anger and those gestures of which you speak, which I see as very controlled and purposeful rather than flying-off-the-handle and out of control.

Neo, what do you make of the “Can’t I just eat my waffle?”

Obama seems to need something a bit more forceful, like someone assigned to kick him in the ass every ten minutes or so, shouting “Asshole!”…

LOL! I think the designated whisperer should murmur into his ear, “We know how you got here.”

When I say “iron emotional control,” I’m including that anger and those gestures of which you speak, which I see as very controlled and purposeful rather than flying-off-the-handle and out of control. It may be a fine point, but it is highly possible for a person to be vengeful and angry and yet be very controlled in the way he/she reacts.

The finger gestures, for example, are most definitely not out of control, but very subtle and hidden and arguably deniable. They are sort of like secret but not secret signals. And his always striking back at opponents is a purposeful tactic used in a purposeful, thought-out manner.

And even when Obama is trying to sound emotional he sounds cold and formulaic.

So it’s not the idea of Obama irritated or Obama on the offensive (in every sense of the word) that I think unlikely. It’s the idea of an out-of-control and sincerely, openly emotional meltdown that I think highly unlikely to occur.

I predict he will not be able to stand this. It’s never happened. He is used to smooth-talking an adoring crowd. He is used to publicly calling people out by name.

As with every bully there ever was, when he has ton take what he dishes out he will lose it.

Give it time. We’re still early.

Neo, you write of Obama’s “iron emotional control.” That is part of the mythology that surrounds Obama, however, almost from the beginning of his becoming President, he has shown an almost total lack of emotional control. Not only can he not take any criticism, no matter how mild, he is unable to mask that he can’t. He always hits back in some way – always! Sometimes in words, sometimes in gestures (remember the “finger” to his temple on a couple of occasions?).

I don’t know if we will see one big dramatic meltdown. However, I think we are already seeing him melt down around the edges and that will only continue to get worse. I honestly think, that is why his handlers are hustling him out of the country immediately after the election.