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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Ultimately, presidents aren't assessed by what great people they were. Jimmy Carter is a great person, and he's regarded as a dud as a president. They're assessed by what tangible measures they accomplished and whether voters remember their term as a happy time. Obama, largely due to a dysfunctional Washington, didn't accomplish much. As for whether his term will be regarded as a happy time, it was pretty miserable for the large swathes of the country that never recovered from the 2008 financial meltdown.
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Ultimately I don't know if he will be viewed all that well historically either, but being buttressed by George W and Donald Trump might make his term look better.