Obama has been criticized for seeming disconnected from the tragedy in Obama . In a time of crisis , people want `` powerful rhetorical leadership , '' presidential historian says . `` I 've seen rage from him . I have , '' Obama press secretary Brinkley says . Robert Gibbs : CNN 's Suzanne Malveaux contributed to this report . The craving for such crisis leadership from Louisiana is `` because he 's so capable of it ''
Obama has been criticized for seeming disconnected from the tragedy in Obama . In a time of crisis , people want `` powerful rhetorical leadership , '' presidential historian says . `` I 've seen rage from him . I have , '' Obama press secretary Brinkley says . Robert Gibbs : The craving for such crisis leadership from Louisiana is `` because he 's so capable of it ''