Evaluating Obama's 8 years

[Phillip V]

Obama's popularity hits near-record high on eve of election

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/obama-highest-popularity-in-2-years-230897

[OttoVonBismarck]

History will be kind to his stimulus and unkind to his handling of international



affairs, with exceptions such as the Cuba opening.  The Red Line was a disaster and most of his foreign moves have turned out badly.

How history treats Obamacare will depend on whether the previously uninsured young feel happy or angry about being compelled to buy insurance.

Other than that, he sparred with the GOP over the budget.

Hm, Yi basically has captured my opinion precisely.

I'll also add Obama has been a voice of reason in a very unreasonable era. Some of his biggest failings on doing a big domestic policy deal with Boehner came down to his inability to reign Harry Reid's nonsense in.

[Sheilbh]

My view's pretty unchanged over the last eight years. I think he's fulfilled his promise and is going to end up a sort of Reagan of the left.

However I think he has the potential to be a dreadful ex-President which he hopefully avoids.

[Duque de Bragança]

Obama's popularity hits near-record high on eve of election

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/obama-highest-popularity-in-2-years-230897

Happens often to politicians about to leave. 

[Gups]

What do we think he'll do next? Lecture circuit? Charity? International organisation? SC Justice? Head of a University? Governor of the Bank of England? Reality porn star?

[garbon]

My view's pretty unchanged over the last eight years. I think he's fulfilled his promise and is going to end up a sort of Reagan of the left.

In what way? I don't know that there will be any sort of cult of reverence built up around him though if he had any shot, it'd be because he's the only non-tarnished Dem pres in the recent past.

[Phillip V]

Obama's popularity hits near-record high on eve of election

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/obama-highest-popularity-in-2-years-230897

Happens often to politicians about to leave. 

George W. Bush departed office as utterly hated and unpopular.

[Monoriu]

What do we think he'll do next? Lecture circuit? Charity? International organisation? SC Justice? Head of a University? Governor of the Bank of England? Reality porn star?

Goldman Sachs

[Malthus]

What do we think he'll do next? Lecture circuit? Charity? International organisation? SC Justice? Head of a University? Governor of the Bank of England? Reality porn star?

SC Justice would certainly make a nice bit of vengeance. "Block my appointments will you? How do you like this then?  "

He can be a reality porn star in his spare time.

[Sheilbh]

See: the career of Louis Brandeis.

[Malthus]

See: the career of Louis Brandeis.

I was unaware of his amateur porn career.

[Sheilbh]

Absolute filth.

[Malthus]

Absolute filth.

I looked into it, and it wasn't so bad. After all, no matter how hot the action, he always wore his "'Brandeis Briefs".

[CountDeMoney]

What do we think he'll do next? Lecture circuit? Charity? International organisation? SC Justice? Head of a University? Governor of the Bank of England? Reality porn star?

The man's an academic at heart, so I'm going with the University route.  At least for a while.  NICE AND QUIET.