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In response to "In our system it's a lot harder. He had Congress for 2 of 8 years. -- nm" by ty97

I don't know. I cede to your knowledge obviously. But I think he should have thrown his weight around more.

Posted by Loyola Jan 10 '17, 18:32

Was he transformational? Imo no. But I still respect him.

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- yep, that's about what I think too. he could have done more. - mafic Jan 10, 18:42 7
  - He had an enormous amount of political capital when he was first elected. Whichever side you fell on, he promised hope. - Loyola Jan 10, 18:46 6
    - You only have to recall 2008 as being the height of the credit crash to realize this is mistaken. -- nm - Roger More Jan 10, 19:12 4
      - Stop Roger. Bernanke was pulling the levers on that score. No President blue or red was going to go to the people and say the Chairman of the Federal - Loyola Jan 10, 19:24 2
        
        I'm not saying he deserves all the credit, but he deserves some. And not just for the things he did do - TARP and the auto bail-out - but also the - Roger More Jan 10, 19:37 1
        
        I get what you're saying. He did what he thought was possible. You can't fault the man for that. But what was possible was a hell of alot more than - Loyola Jan 10, 19:43
      - yeah, the bailouts were fairly monumental as well. -- nm - mafic Jan 10, 19:17
    - ACA is a big deal, if it stays. -- nm - mafic Jan 10, 19:06

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