Dr. Errington Thompson

We’ve all heard the rhetoric that President Barack Obama really hasn’t done anything during his 18 months as president. There seems to be an overwhelming outcry asking, “What have you done for us lately—and what will you do for us soon?” If you listen to the media, President Obama has been a failure—just as Albert Einstein was a moron who needed remedial education.

Look at the environment that we are in. It is a given that conservatives will never say anything positive about the president, and progressives will always want a more liberal policy “other-than” whatever comes out of Washington. It’s therefore also a given that the President will continue to be criticized from all sides (which is often the surest proof that one is doing something right).

Instead of bashing him for doing too little or too much, the right things imperfectly or the wrong things too often, we should take a moment to review President Obama’s legislative accomplishments. First, of course, he had to tackle the collapsing economy bequeathed to him by the previous administration.