You think it's about race? I would assert that "righties" are suspicious of Obama because of his record, primarily the jarring fact that he was a senator for just two very short years before launching his presidential campaign. He never actually did anything for very long; he never ran anything; and his political accomplishments were nonexistent. Obama was a great talker, apparently a compelling writer as well, and that's what he rode all the way up to president. Words and accomplishments are very disparate things--the ability to give compelling speeches and to connect with voters does not equate to the ability to lead.
You might not have liked Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, or Bush, and they were all very different people, but they all had significant executive experience--they'd done more than give speeches and win votes in their lives. Obama's decision to run for president demonstrates how significant a difference such experience makes: he believed that he was ready to scale the heights of power, that he could do it and do achieve grand things, that he could deliver on what he had promised to the people who had elected him, whereas the others understood their limits. When you are convinced by your own bluff your judgment must be questioned. Obama's conception of governing and power was deeply flawed and grossly unrealistic.
People don't trust Obama, and perhaps it's that simple. They think his life experience was unrealistic and limited; they think his judgment has been bad; they think he's unwilling to be prudent and has no aptitude for politics; and even though they all acknowledge he speaks very well to a significant number of people, they don't make the mistake of equating good salesmanship with good management or good leadership. A salesman's brilliance at pushing a message guarantees nothing else.
Lest you think "righties" are alone in this distaste, I know many Obama coverts who wholeheartedly voted for him once or twice only to feel great disappointment. Look at the election results and his approval rating: he started in 2008 with 69 million votes, a 7% margin, and a ~70% approval rating; in 2012 he got just 66 million votes, a 4% margin, and dropped to 55% approval; and today, just a year later, he's down to 40% approval.
Millions of people of all political persuasions have come to believe what some of us were saying back in 2008: he's not ready and he shouldn't be running for president yet. I think that will be history's judgment. Obama saw his moment and realized that it might never appear again, though, and his personal ambition won out. I think even he regrets it.
