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>>>As intelligent and charismatic as he was, he COULD have been a good president. But a lack of experience in key areas and a lack of work ethic (he himself said he was lazy) hurt him.
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>>Rather difficult with trying to block each and every move to the point of silliness.
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>When he was elected, the Democrats held the advantage in both the House and Senate.

Agreed.

My biggest disappointment with Obama was his failure, as he had promised, to turn blue states and red states into united states.
Granted, it was a tall order, but he was in a unique position to make some progress there.
If anything, the reds are redder and the blues are bluer after his terms in office.

My impression was that Obama didn't understand the long term value of losing a good fight.
Bernie gave everyone a lesson in how a loser can make a major impact on the national debate.