You’re absolutely right. I’ve spoken to probably dozens of black people, trying to point out to them that blacks have done worse under Obama both absolutely and relatively than they’ve done under any other President in memory, but it went in one ear and out the other. Obama must be seen as a success, or blacks as a race will be tarnished. The irony is that there are now four more years where he’ll be held responsible for what happens, and if things get even worse (and I wouldn’t be surprised if they do), he’ll be seen as a much bigger failure than if he’d just lost an election. Most likely, however, no matter how bad things get, you’ll see Obama enjoying a base of nearly-unanimous approval from blacks.
If things get a lot better economically in the next four years, which certainly could happen as a natural consequence of how long things have not been so good, I fear Obama will get a great “legacy.”
That is my worry, is if things look better, we will have another Clinton on our hands and the meme that Dems are better for the economy will be virtually impossible to reverse in the minds of future voters.