>He promised to end the Iraq war (which he had opposed from the outset) and did.
>He promised to win in Afghanistan - huge mistake- and didn't. Blew that one badly. I'll never understand why Mitt didn't hammer him with that.
>He promised to carry out TARP and did. TARP, its detractors notwithstanding, was one of the most important and effective government actions of the past 50 years.
>He promised to save GM (a good example of government picking winners and losers) and did. One of his more courageous decisions, I think.
>He promised to re-invigorate the economy. I give him C- on that. He could have done a lot more even in the face of all the repub opposition.
>He promised to pass a Health Care bill and did. I didn't like the way it was passed, but history will tell us how that went.
>He promised to do something about immigration and so far has not delivered.
>He promised to appoint outstanding justices to the Supreme Court. (Remember Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and Harriett Meyers?) A+ for that.
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>Saying that Obama ended the Iraq war is very misleading - the ending had already been scheduled, and was made possible from the troop surge. Obama and Biden have taken far, far too much credit for that one.
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>TARP was enacted by the Bush administration, but obviously happened in the time period of the transition from Bush to Obama. There are many pieces of legislation that occur "across" administrations. Giving him credit for carrying out TARP is, again, misleading. And I once again refer to Obama having to be convinced by his own advisors that he wanted to break the law of TARP and use recouped $$$ for a 2nd stimulus.
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>On AHCA, history will judge this very badly - not just for the effects, but also for ignoring the immigration issue until he could jam AHCA through Congress.
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>I'm not a big fan of Reagan or Bush, but truthfully, I'd take them over Barack Obama. Both men were governors, and I'll take a flawed governor with at least 1 full term of experience over a junior politician who is frequently out-matched on Constitutional issues and has no real experience in anything other than community organizing.

Even Sarah Palin?