Don't be quick to assume the president has that much absolute power. President Obama is pushing for things moreso than other presidents have in the past and is meddling in the business of other people, but for the most part the President isn't the cause of problems, congress is. For the majority of President Bush's term there was a democratic congress. Democrats were the decision makers, Bush's only absolute power was the veto. The president cannot just pass a law, congress had to make the law and the president can approve it. Thank your liberal congress for problems. Not to mention a national attack a few months after he was elected into office.
I'm not afraid of the decisions Obama will make, I'm afraid of the things he'll allow congress to do. The president isn't our threat here, the libs in congress are.