All that lost potential. Just think of the positive impact he could have had on the black community: encouraging young people to achieve in school, end out of wedlock births, stop the violence.
He could have been a star. He actually made it worse.
Yup, absolutely. He could have gone down in history. Bigger than MLK, bigger than Roosevelt.
I don't know if he (a) just didn't have a clue of how to do it, or (b) really didn't give a fig one way or another, the whole thing has just been a big act.
I'm leaning toward (b). Could also be both.
He had a 18 month window of opportunity when he could have done practically anything he wanted. Both houses of congress in the tank for him, media in the tank for him. Majority of the population either in the tank or willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Extraordinary levels of good feeling, both domestically and in foreign countries.
He squandered the whole thing on his stupid Obamacare hail-Mary pass. Trying to set up a dynamic that would turn America into a socialist state by setting up a socialized medical system.
That could still happen, I don't know. The medical profession seems to be run by boneheads, although individual practitioners can be great. It's like football. Michael Vick may be a great quarterback, but that doesn't mean he can run the NFL.