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In reply to the discussion: Paul Krugman Calls Barack Obama The Most Consequential President Since Reagan [View all]mattclearing
(10,091 posts)77. I'm aware of Obama's achievements, and agree they are consequential.
However, I pointed to concrete changes which Bush/Cheney brought about that are likely to survive the Obama administration and beyond.
I'm not sure I know what you mean when you talk about Reagan's lasting impact on the national psyche...that sounds like a narrator cutting to commercial on a History Channel documentary, not a fact-based point of view. There's a case to be made, but I don't think you've made it.
In my mind, Reagan's greatest achievement is saddling an effective government with a debilitating debt, something which Bush/Cheney outdid him at as well, restructuring the federal budget to perpetuate the deficit after Clinton had turned it around. Obama hasn't even really tried to fix that.
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Paul Krugman Calls Barack Obama The Most Consequential President Since Reagan [View all]
babylonsister
Feb 2014
OP
Bush was the climax of Raygun-ism. Obama is the beginning of what comes next.
bemildred
Feb 2014
#38
with the media and lack of journalist in this country, it will be up to the people to insure the
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#58
It's not just the scorched earth opposition, but a media that hasn't told the average American the
okaawhatever
Feb 2014
#15
Clean your lenses. Facts back up Krugman's assertions. The direction of the country
mfcorey1
Feb 2014
#39
Not true. No expansions of the NSA have been signed into law by this President. n/t
ProSense
Feb 2014
#49
That is obviously untrue and I can prove it with two words. WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING
stevenleser
Feb 2014
#52
I agree. He has been underestimated by the media, many Democrats, and of course the republicans.
lostincalifornia
Feb 2014
#57