 how many times can they miss the point  in an article in time by patti davis president reagan s daughter meanders through the idea that the big problem with obama is image what has happened to president obama obama was the guy who commanded the stage had an instinct for seizing the moment his image was towering his timing impeccable but lately it seems more clear than ever that what he really needs is another mike deaver who served as white house chief of staff under my father ronald reagan ah memories of the new york times david brooks expounding on how obama would make a good president because of the crease in the former community organizer s pants interesting criteria and since that prediction has been horribly wrong perhaps that will be the only attempt at presidential prognostication by pants perhaps we ll go old school and use tarot cards and tea leaves the point is like the once longhaired andre agassi said in those 90s commercials patti davis is wrong image isn t everything ronald reagan wasn t a great president because of how he looked or what he stood in front of  it was what he stood for  his image engineers certainly played a part but it would have been pointless if he had the confused and misguided political sense of elmer fudd or barack obama but each member of the presidential image adjustment bureau has to work with what they ve got for obama they have to work with fading style and no substance and that is good news for the country hope has left the building and here s hoping that in january of 2013 obama does too  