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24. No. Obama ran into special circumstances.

Mon May 6, 2013, 08:34 PM

May 2013

He's certainly not a peacenik, but the Arab Spring has put a ton of very unusual pressure on our foreign policy in a part of the world we care about (as compared to sub-Saharan Africa). I don't think any President in the past century would be doing much less than Obama.

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This is an honest question with no agenda behind it. [View all] Brewinblue May 2013 OP

Taking a stab at it Yo_Mama May 2013 #1

Defense Brewinblue May 2013 #2

One of the things I really respect about Obama Yo_Mama May 2013 #4

I dunno zipplewrath May 2013 #12

And also greatly expanded Yo_Mama May 2013 #13

I'll give him this much zipplewrath May 2013 #21

No. Obama ran into special circumstances. Saving Hawaii May 2013 #24

Can you expand on your social issues #s? Agschmid May 2013 #9

That would be a book Yo_Mama May 2013 #15

Thank you! Agschmid May 2013 #23

Mine - HughBeaumont May 2013 #3

asdf geek tragedy May 2013 #5

I went 6-5 on social issues. NCTraveler May 2013 #11

3 - 4 - 1 JaneyVee May 2013 #6

I must have been a real sucker, because I believed he was a 2 or 3 across the board. Brewinblue May 2013 #7

Below. NCTraveler May 2013 #8

Well, economically on a scale of 10 being furthest right . . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #18

So clever inb4tehlulz May 2013 #33

I like that not-so-veiled snark. It's endearing, really. HughBeaumont May 2013 #34

Then and now zipplewrath May 2013 #10

Something like this ... Scuba May 2013 #14

two out of three ananda May 2013 #16

Haven't changed too much. el_bryanto May 2013 #17

ok ... Myrina May 2013 #19

I'll give it a shot Marrah_G May 2013 #20

I believed he was center Skittles May 2013 #22

7, 5, 3 then. 8, 6 and 2 today. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #25

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Obama has always been way too centrist/moderate right for me.... mike_c May 2013 #28

3 7 1 rwheeler31 May 2013 #29

My take Demo_Chris May 2013 #30

I'd say 5, 6, and 4 to begin with bhikkhu May 2013 #31

Middle on all, probably around 5 Warren DeMontague May 2013 #32

6,6,5 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2013 #35

In 2008, LWolf May 2013 #36