pissing off and disappointing the American public

Obama’s National Security Adviser won’t say when Obama will take on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
(Think Progress)
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This is an absolute no-brainer that a vast majority of Americans are for and that would be an easy - and much-needed - political win for Obama.
If he won't even take on these absurdly simple and obvious issues, then there doesn't seem much hope for the bigger picture.
It's starting to look like the campaign rhetoric was all words - wish that he would actually do some of the stuff that he said he would do. There's no way that he will get a second term acting like this!