While I agree with you that many voted for Obama for that reason, the President HAS to have a certain level of charisma if he is to influence people. He can't be mechanical. John Kerry had zero charisma and would have made a terrible president, as would McCain. Nothing against either of them- they probably are great people and have done a lot for their country without being president.
Having a ton of great ideas is of little value if you can't convince or reassure people of things.
I am for pushing back retirement/social security by at least 10 years, getting rid of all of the Bush tax cuts and cutting defense spending by at least 25%. The deficit won't pay itself off. We all have to tighten our belts for awhile, like it or not.
Personally, I think there is some benefit from the health care bill- forcing everyone to have it before they gets sick will help to lower costs. They should have opened state borders to create competition though. Instead of looking to repeal the bill, they should be looking at doing something like that.