Has President Obama read ANY of his "National Intelligence Daily" briefings? We know that the CIA shows up every day and shares with some of his highly cleared political minions like Valerie Jarrett, a Chicago hack (and lawyer) that has clung to Barack like a limpet - because there's no other job that she's qualified to do, with the exception of Attorney General of the United States by virtue of her law degree. Is she as qualified as Eric Holder was? Sure, she's African-American.
Apparently he picks and chooses and asks his staff to distill issues that he's interested in - a one page summary or a few sentences over coffee. Don't worry. He won't miss a fund raiser. You needn't concern yourself with THAT.
Will anyone outside of Obama's political inner circle kiss the ring if the Democratic Party loses Congress in this next election cycle?

Where is the mainstream media in all of this? I've heard that they are breaking ranks with Barack but I've seen very little sign of it. There is more truth in the British tabloids than there is in the staunchly liberal US mainstream media, a wholly owned asset of the Democratic Party.

Replacing Barack with Hillary is much like replacing one entitled, ignorant, wicked, amoral elitist with another. And people thought that President George W. Bush was an elitist...yeah sure, he was a piker next to Barack and Hillary.
Vice President Biden is posturing himself as the alternative to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race. My sense is that he will say that he'll keep up what he's started with Barack in the hope that nobody will want to change horses in mid-stream (Wag the Dog), and will work to springboard on Barack Obama's popularity as the great black hope.