President Barack Obama campaigns despite the pouring rain at the historic Walkerton Tavern & Gardens in Glen Allen, Va., near Richmond, Saturday, July 14, 2012. It is in the Congressional district represented by Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., a key county in a crucial swing state of the presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Barack Obama campaigns despite the pouring rain at the historic Walkerton Tavern & Gardens in Glen Allen, Va., near Richmond, Saturday, July 14, 2012. It is in the Congressional district represented by Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., a key county in a crucial swing state of the presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Barack Obama holds a re-election campaign rally despite the heavy rain at the historic Walkerton Tavern & Gardens in Glen Allen, Va., near Richmond Saturday, July 14, 2012. It is in the Congressional district represented by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., a key county in a crucial swing state of the presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama says Washington "feels as broken as it did four years ago," when he took office.
He's most frustrated by the inability "to change the atmosphere" in the capital "to reflect the decency and common sense of ordinary people" who want leaders to solve problems.
He adds "there's enough blame to go around for that."
Obama tells CBS' "Sunday Morning" that there's no doubt that he underestimated how much "politics trump problem-solving."
On a lighter note, he says the White House will be a quieter place this summer because his daughters will be in sleep-away camp for a month ? and their parents will be "experiencing the first stages of empty nest syndrome."
Asked if he's prepared, the president says, "Well, I get a little depressed."
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