Well, you are talking about the dumb crap the corporate media is whining about - I don't care how much emotion he shows, I don't think it matters.
What I want is a bold mission statement, a vision - something to get behind. I want him to lead. His problem is he's a process guy, and so he comes off as wishy washy, aimless and emotionless (which is what the no-nothing media has picked up on). He needs to have some kind of vision to point to in all of his messaging. Something different from the Reagan era, something new - something that signifies change is coming. A Green energy push would be nice - or anything that indicates real benefit for working and middle income citizens.
Ultimately I do think he is just another trickle-down free-market Chicago school of economics failure - but I was hoping he could see the error of his ways, and reach for something a bit more inline with the truest American values. THat's maybe a tall ordre, considering the place the culture in DC is today, but I don't think that's too much to ask.