How good a President do you think Obama will be?

[Onlooker]

[peoli]

1. Best Ever, Of All Time.

[zanne]

2. I agree nt.

[polichick]

3. The best there's been in my lifetime!

[Bluerthanblue]

4. a Great one.- more often than not, we get what we expect.

I expected Bush to be a terrible president, and my expectations have been met and then some.

I'm expecting Obama to be a great president, and I hope he also exceeds expectations.

:hi:

peace~

[bookman]

5. Great but...

... there will be much work to do following the Bush disasters. It won't be easy.

I'm sure there will be carry over from the awful policies of Bushco.

[mikehiggins]

6. Good as he might be, he remains a politician, not a Savior.

We may have to worry less about the doorknock in the night with Big O but let's not put the hopes of the world on his shoulders just yet, okay?

I usually expect the worst. That way I'm rarely disappointed.

[Fovea]

7. A good Democratic president

In all probability a great American president.

But you asked about a Democratic president.

I hope that he reaches across the aisle in a careful manner. The current wide stance party needs forgiven, but only after much harsh correction and reparation.

Post Nixon there was no correction, and we got Reagan. After Reagan there was no correction and we got Bush 1 and Bush 2.

There is a pattern here, and a fourth iteration of it is intolerable in a literal sense.

He needs a strong progressive caucus to support the best policies that he can devise, and correct those that are not well advised.

First, we must get rid of Nancy, Harry, and their ilk.

[napi21]

8. Based on how BAD Shrub has been for 8 years, no president at all

would be a big improvemen!

You can never be certain what kind of a President someone will be, or what crises may occurr during his term, but I believe Barack will do well and has the potential to be great.

[On the Road]

9. You Left Off the Option

"He'll be the best Republican president since Bill Clinton."

:smoke:

Given some of his positions and advisors, that is sure to be how a lot of progressives see it.