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From Mother Jones, March:
1. Passed Health Care Reform
2. Passed the Stimulus
3. Passed Wall Street Reform
4. Ended the War in Iraq
6. Eliminated Osama bin Laden
7. Turned Around US Auto Industry
9. Repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
12. Reversed Bush Torture Policies
14. Kicked Banks Out of Federal Student Loan Program
16. Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards
18. Passed Mini Stimuli (July 22, 2010; December 17, 2010; December 23, 2011)
22. Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants
27. Achieved New START Treaty
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/03/barack-obamas-had-pretty-damn-good-presidency
Enacted, as part of the health care law, the largest expansion of Medicaid since the 1960s
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002496395
"Barack Obama's Had a Pretty Damn Good Presidency"
Yes. He. Has.