Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Blames Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton for Trump Presidency [View all]sheshe2
(83,875 posts)Sorry, Bernie. This is not a winning strategy nor was your call to primary him. He is a beloved President.
3. March 23, 2010
After a long and bitter legislative fight, Obama achieved what several Democratic (and some Republican) presidents had tried and failed to do the largest expansion of health care coverage for the American people in a generation. As Vice President Biden put it, this was a "big f--king deal," and one of the crowning domestic achievements of Obama's presidency. Although the Supreme Court would uphold the law in 2012, it now appears to be in peril due to Republicans and the incoming president's pledge to repeal it.
4. May 1, 2011
The president's peerless comedic performances at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner has already become the stuff of legend, but this riff on the track record of then-reality star Donald Trump, who had been waging a very public crusade to prove that Obama was not an American citizen, may have been his most biting and significant barb. Obama started off by saying he had recently watched an episode of "Celebrity Apprentice" in which the mens team "did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks" during a cooking challenge. Some had suggested that a humiliated Trump became inspired to seek the presidency himself that night as an act of revenge. Either way, he appears to have gotten the last laugh.
7. Aug. 23, 2013
While commemorating the 50th anniversary of the civil rights March on Washington, Obama paid homage to a classic Martin Luther King, Jr. quote, but added his own aside, pointing out that any successful reform movement requires foot soldiers, not just leaders. It was a theme he would return to throughout his presidency.
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-obama-the-legacy/15-most-telling-quotes-obama-s-presidency-n703081
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden