 I'm getting on in years, and I thought I was becoming presidential in my old age, but it's only the heat that is slowing me down. That's maybe a combination. Marianne Friess, Gold Canyon, Arizona. If Barack Obama is the most important person in the Democratic Party, then why do we have such a mess in the USA with open borders? Because Obama did not dictate policy. I know the right-wingers are saying that he did, but that's not true.