>And taking steps to normalize relations with Cuba was also
>big, though he should have done more. Should have ended the
>embargo and fully normalized relations.

For sure on Cuba. Obama is a gifted diplomat and planted some bold progressive seeds around the world - but I agree that he should've pushed to do more. It's true: he was working with a broken Congress; trying to balance an immensely wide spectrum of interests. But he was elected on a progressive platform - and his lasting achievements were fueled by an activist energy starving for progress. What other president (in our lifetime) would commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning?

Imagine Joe Biden commuting the sentence of Julian Assange? lol

Obama laid some foundational roots down where progressive foreign policy could grow -- but a Clinton-Bush foreign policy would reverse those gains. This is why the Sanders-Warren policies were the true heirs of Obama's progressive roots (even if those roots were underwhelming at times).

>But the last part about presiding over the American Empire is
>what hits hardest. That's what people don't wanna grapple
>with.

Cold world.



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