It’s a peculiar thing that a President who rode into office on what he claimed were the winds of change can end up being so very pedestrian and mid-20th century when it comes to the economy.

Although I suppose it is not entirely Mr. Obama’s fault. He is surrounded by a lot of very smart advisers who know a lot about economics and it is just our misfortune that they all happen to be corporate kiss-ups.

So, when it comes to economic policy, there has been no real change for us to believe in.

Possibly, you will think that is too harsh. After all, President Obama is doing quite a bit to restore the U.S. Small Business Administration, which had been dying a slow and painful death from neglect and starvation under the Bush Administration.

Among the programs getting new life breathed into them is the SBA’s Microloan program, which specifically targets microbusinesses.

But there are other things that Mr. Obama is doing that show his hand.

For example, he is building and maintaining his connections with the Business Council but he has successfully ignored all the requests from various sources that he reinstate the White House Council on Small Business.

That’s too bad, too, because it seems pretty clear to me that he hasn’t got the smallest clue about small businesses and how they operate and what they need early in this 21st century.

Meanwhile, everywhere else you look — whether it is at social safety nets or whether it is at a National Broadband Plan or whether it is at the push to increase U.S. exports — there appears to be no place in Obamaland for the sturdy American microbusiness.

In many ways, that really doesn’t matter.

Microbusinesses have managed to grow in number and increasing importance in the U.S. economy without a shred of support from the federal government and I would imagine they will continue to do so.

On the other hand, I’ll confess I’m disappointed.

In spite of all the grand gestures and the web site for every issue, President Obama is not as accessible as he would like us all to believe. He is willing to listen to the advice of smart people and he probably has no idea just how one-dimensional that advice has been.

I’ve heard that this is what change looks like but, from here, change looks sadly familiar to me.