Is the President too calm & cool?

Lots of progressives have found that the article below, speaks to their frustrations with President Obama. Written by a professor of psychology, it has generated a lot of reaction. In a nutshell, he asks if Obama is too nice to his rivals?

In it, he claims that Obama has not used his speaking skills to tell a story of how he will fight the "bad guys" that are to blame for the problems of this nation, and the opposition has instead been repeating a story where Mr. Obama is the "bad guy" that has steered the nation in the wrong direction. Obama's personality has created problems because

...his deep-seated aversion to conflict and his profound failure to understand bully dynamics — in which conciliation is always the wrong course of action, because bullies perceive it as weakness and just punch harder the next time...

Do you agree with his analysis of the President's personality flaws?

What Happened to Obama’s Passion? - NYTimes.com