It seems like it would be one of the hardest jobs in the country right now, especially as a poll published today reveals that only 41 per cent of people want him to have a second term.
But President Obama often finishes his working day at 4pm, it has been reported.
Sources claim that Mr Obama regularly strolls out of the Oval Office way before the afternoon has ended.
See you later: Barack Obama reportedly finishes his working day at 4pm
He returns to the residence where he has dinner with his wife and daughters, reported the New York Post.
President Obama has long preached to the American people about the importance of hard work and dedication.
In his inauguration speech, Mr Obama famously said that the ‘values upon which our success depends – honesty and hard work… have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history’.
He added: ‘What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility – a recognition on the part of every American that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task.’
Almost three years after that speech, however, the President has been accused of doing anything but ‘give his all’.
Columnist Michael Goodwin claimed he has heard the same story from several sources that the President is becoming ‘a lone wolf, a stranger to his own government’.
He reported that Mr Obama retreats to his private office where sources said they are not sure what he does. One said he takes a stack of briefing books with him.
Cabinet members are reportedly unhappy that they are getting little face time with the Commander-in-Chief outside of brief meetings that are little more than photo opportunities.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have both complained about being shut out of important decisions, according to the Post.
