Sophomore Rob Noel, the GW College Republican’s communications director, argues that Barack Obama’s first year in office has been like a bad haircut: nothing to do but wait out the damage.

President Obama’s campaign was a symphony of feel-good rhetoric and images that appealed to our most basic human nature. It showed us the man who would be our president, a gifted speaker and a master of the trends; it also revealed an American people vulnerable to their passions and easily swept up in frenzy. A year after his election, we can peel back the charming words of “campaign Obama” and observe the disappointing results of President Obama – results for which our generation must pay.