http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/27/1397047/-Vox-Obama-is-Officially-One-of-the-Most-Consequential-Presidents-in-American-History?detail=email
From Vox.com:
After Thursday's Supreme Court ruling, there's no longer any doubt: Barack Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history — and he will be a particularly towering figure in the history of American progres
When you consider the (Affordable Care Act) law in the context of 100 years of progressive activism, and in the grand scheme of American history, it starts to look less like a moderate reform and more like an epochal achievement, on the order of FDR's passage of Social Security, or LBJ's Great Society programs.
It is, to quote Harvard political scientist Theda Skocpol, "a century-defining accomplishment in the last industrial democracy to resist using national government to ensure access to health coverage for most citizens." FDR failed, Truman failed, Nixon failed, Carter failed, Clinton failed — and Obama succeeded. He filled in the one big remaining gap in the American welfare state when all his forerunners couldn't.
Vox writer Dylan Matthews goes on to list many of President Obama's other significant achievements:
stimulus bill
Dodd-Frank Act
executive action to curb greenhouse gas emissions
executive action to protect 6 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Ended ban on gays and lesbians serving in the military.
Made it easier for women and minorities to fight wage discrimination
Cut out private sector involvement in student loans
hiked top income tax rate
reopened relations with Cuba
Iran Nuclear deal (tentative)
reprofessionalized the Department of Justice
refashioned National Labor Relations Board
refashioned the Wage & Hour Division of Labor Department
Marriage Equality for all
He closes with a quote from renowned UC Berkeley Political Science professor Paul Pierson:
"When you add the ACA to the reforms in the stimulus package, Dodd-Frank, and his various climate initiatives," Pierson says, "I don't think there is any doubt: On domestic issues Obama is the most consequential and successful Democratic president since LBJ. It isn't close."...
everyone has the right to "THEIR OWN OPINION" just not their own facts, IMO Pres. is the greatest one yet i don't think anyone before him can equal his record. keep in mind republicans denied and obstructed 100% something never before done but still Pres. unparalleled in my book. one fact of history the right wing won't be able to rewrite.
