Were gonna miss this man.
He campaigned as a bedrock progressive, and presided as a centrist democrat. He wasn’t perfect, but he was capable, thoughtful, and careful. He pushed through healthcare reforms, used the power of the presidency to repair the economy.,
He is and far and above a better leader then anything the republicans have to offer, with more courage, intelligence, and bedrock decency then we’ve seen in a leader in decades, and a better human being then most. In comparison with the nightmare that is Trump he looks like the last light of a smarter, more tolerant time, when we actually believed we might be overcoming the significant problems of race even if on a purely surface level.
His rhetoric and calm steady hand in times of tragedy helped us get through very difficult times. The scandals he had were never about him, only the imperfection of the plans, or the idiocy of a vocal few about his background, and future plans. Despite the claims of socialism, Islamism, communism, he didn’t grab any guns, he didn’t tax anyone into the stone age, and he consistently reached out to republicans every step of the way (to the annoyance of many).
No president keeps their hands clean so to speak, the job makes you dirty, (drones, spying, backroom trade deals) but if you keep the country relatively safe, revive the American economy, and repair the image of America with our allies, you’ve done a statesmen like job. It’s why his approval rating is rising as his term is ending, despite whatever you may think of his policies, all and all he was the right president at the right time.
Gallup 53% approval as of today. If any president could easily win a 3rd term, it would be this man.
