JIMMY CARTER NEVER LIKED IT EITHER:

Obama's happiness deficit (Fred Hiatt, March 15, 2010, Washington Post)

Here's a theory about why President Obama is having a tough political time right now: He doesn't seem all that happy being president. [...]

I started thinking about this a few weeks ago when Obama confidant David Axelrod, noting that the president always makes time for his daughters' recitals and soccer games, told the New York Times, "I think that's part of how he sustains himself through all this."

Really? Is the presidency something to sustain yourself through?

He did ask for this job; we didn't make him take it. And so it seems fair to ask: What part of it does he enjoy?