Didn't it seem like the Obama presidency was headed for the proverbial dustbin of history? Didn't it seem like the man and his team were just kind of running out the clock until 2016?
Turns out...not so much.
Yes, this happened today. The ACA remains the law and will remain the law for a long time to come. So, scoreboard detractors. The man (and many in congress and the Roberts Court of all things) just put it out of reach of repeal. Done. The signature of his presidency is now safe. And no matter what comes now, he's an historic president for something other than being the first African American in the Oval Office.
and to think about it, the man has some serious skins on the wall. To wit:
- Went from 10% unemployment to 4.5%
- ACA, as mentioned
- Got Osama Bin Laden
- No major terrorist attacks on US soil since taking office
- Economic growth, Dow is past way up
- Huge gains for LGBT
- Ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
- Dodd Frank and other financial reforms
- Moderate gains in environmental reforms
- Were not socialist
- We didn't get attacked
- We didn't crater the economy
- We didn't take everyone's guns away (not my favorite, but hey, everyone on the right said he would)
- We didn't set up death panels
- We didn't get run over by Russia, terrorists, Mexico or any other nation
Again, wow.
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