The president’s poll numbers likely suffer because indicators of his success remain poor: unemployment remains high, GDP growth is stalled, Brown tuition continues to rise, meal credit value hovers at $6.40 and bad things continue to happen to good people.

One student voiced his disaffection saying, “The night Obama was elected I felt like change had finally come to America, but today gays and lesbians still can’t marry, the drug war is still being fought and it still rains a lot in Providence. Where’s the change in that?” Another student voiced concerns about “His ineffective economic policies and inability to navigate political gridlock…” before being mobbed by shouting and wildly gesticulating students.