president obama will be in india for a threeday visit starting sunday searching for that elusive foreign policy triumph to consolidate his presidential legacy this is not the first time that new delhi has come to the rescue of a president who lost his sheen obama and india love in the time of cholera what was absent in president barack obamas state of the union address was more intriguing than what he mentioned in relation to international conditions and the positions of the united states on them washington is well as others are implicated in their wars yes the latest polls may indicate that the presidents popularity among americans has increased by a few percentage points but that wont make up for all the goodwill hes lost in the corridors of capitol hill a president against himself