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In reply to the discussion: Poll. DU, I want to know what you think. Obama is~ [View all]RandySF
(72,531 posts)51. I can't call him the best of my lifetime..
because a lot of circumstances beyond hid control kept him from realizing his potential, plus he tried to work with Republicans too hard for too long.
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I don't go back quite that far. I have to go with Truman with Obama at #2. n/t
pampango
May 2015
#41
The point is whether he achieved what he intended is yet to be seen but the good
akbacchus_BC
May 2015
#29
No, I do not feel President Obama is a disappointment, I just feel that he did not walk the talk.
akbacchus_BC
May 2015
#32
Clinton's 2 terms were at a great time in this country but we know how that all turned
CTyankee
May 2015
#46
I think he is one of the best but I as born in 1945 and the signed picture of FDR is still on the
jwirr
May 2015
#56
Obama is the best of my life-time. Of course, I've only been alive for the Bushes and Clinton.
Drunken Irishman
May 2015
#57