of course it can't sum up the plights of americans, but at least he's reading them. he can't do everything, even an attempt to read ten letters a day is a lot for someone who has so much on his plate right now. i don't know if it deserves such hype from the people, and it doesn't mean he's ~zomg the best president ever~ but i think it's extremely good of him to at least try to connect with the people better.