and people act like he was governing like george w bush lol.

he got blocked or re-routed by repubs/courts on immigration/daca/dapa, obamacare public option (with help from lieberman, wage/overtime/leave laws, etc

and even still...

- passed a progressive tax plan with some of the largest middle cuts/credits in history
- mandated equal pay for women
- dodd-frank reforms to curtail financial industry
- created the consumer financial protection bureau
- passed the largest green energy subsidies in history
- clean power plan, clean water act, paris climate accord, etc
- insured 20+ million *more* americans
- doj consent decrees to address abusive practices of police departments
- started to ween federal gov off private prisons
- 1st president to actually address mass incarceration to any degree and lessen federal prosecutorial aggression/scope for non-violent crimes that disproportionately affected minorities
- increased legal protections for gay/trans people, sexual assault victims, minorities, etc
- net neutrality
- allowed marijuana decriminalization to take place in the states (very underdiscussed...people dont realize *why* states started moving in that direction)
- longest streak of job growth ever
- transformed federal courts, flipped several districts from conservative to liberal (even with unprecedented obstruction by senate repubs)

and so on and so on...

easily the most progressive president since fdr in terms of concrete action.

prolly affected the trajectory of america every bit as much as reagan. but reagan cemented his policy gains better due to repub wins in states/congress and having a repub successor as president.

but to 'progressives' obamas entire presidency was basically he didnt pass medicare for all and he used drone strikes lol.

like you...im all for an honest appraisal of strengths/weaknesses. but this habit of completely defining obama strictly by his 'failures' (while dismissing context) is intellectually lazy/dishonest. especially when its just to prop up your candidate (who really has nothing but proposals, promises, and bill co-sponsorships to go on).