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I still love Obama the person. However, when I look at how the democrats under Biden have been able to rally together, pass multiple laws, work behind the scenes with international partners, win state elections… I wonder if there isn’t some, if not a lot of truth in the commentary that Peter Zeihan has of Obama in that he was largely an Ivory Tower professor who enjoyed debates with his cabinet but didn’t really want to meet with others and didn’t quite understand how to wield the executive branch effectively. Looking at what the democrats under Biden have been able to do with the CHIPs act, the IRA, the infrastructure bill, erasing student debt, winning back state legislatures, coordinate aid for Ukraine, nudge the Saudis and Israelis closer, working the Hungarians and Turks behind the scenes to allow the Swedes and Finns into NATO, putting China on the economic defensive, etc. I can only dream of what Obama could have achieved if he had more experience in govt.
In summary: still love Obama the person but I wish he had more experience going into the presidency and could work the US govt to get more of his goals achieved.
