Poor Obama! All his life people projected their hopes onto him and he learned how to step up and be a bright clear screen for these projections. What looks like narcissism is, perhaps, the realism that develops when you are immersed in an environment that is so persistently and consistently distorted to give you the feedback that you are magnificently and magically effective through your sheer presence.
The man who voted present and became President is tragically — touchingly — flawed.
ADDED (after an emailed suggestion): We're Always Touched by Your Presence, Dear President.