Obama's press conference about being shellacked by the midterm election results

I just watched the recorded press conference of Obama today in response to the midterm election results. I was favorably struck by his tone and choice of words in his answers to very tough questions of the press. The man has an agenda when he ran for the Presidency and he will not waver from it. He admitted many mistakes he had made, especially in compromising with the opposition to get his programs passed. I have a distinct impression that Obama went into politics in order to serve the people, to make a difference in their lives, and thus the country, and not to achieve personal wealth and glory. If wealth and glory come, they are incidental by-products, and not the main objectives. Not all politicians, especially those having the Republican label, view politics that way. I have a view that most Republican politicians get into politics to protect their interests and their ways of life and/or to seek glory and fame and of course power, not to do good as in the case of Obama, but to use it (power) to satisfy their selfish, narrow concerns. Two opposing world views and philosophies: altruism and selfishness.

Selfishness is not bad or unnatural by itself. In fact, it is very natural and necessary for one's survival. However, I am of a firm opinion that those humans who are too much concerned with their own interests and survival are not quite evolved and developed as human beings. To put it bluntly, they fail to transcend the animal heritage and thus remain stuck at the animalistic level. 

We look at the behavior of certain humans and we can safely see those who are selfish and those who are not. Those who are not, respond to a more powerful yearning: true love of others. In  fact, love of others is the only true love it is.