What do you like about Barack Obama?

[Hekate]

99. Intelligent, well-educated, knows other cultures first-hand, baby-whisperer, calm, methodical...

...well-grounded, slow to anger, genuinely likes humanity and other people,

learns from his mistakes (well, that business with trying to work with the GOP was kind of a lulu, but I figure he had to try), I do like his speeches because >gag me< Bush and Palin,

sanity and thoughtfulness, his wife and kids and his relationship with them (again: the Bush, Palin, McCain families), pushing forward for women and LGBT, pushing through the best he could get for ACA,

doesn't feel the need to weenie-wag and get us into a war to show his manhood, ordered the take-out of OBL and didn't need to commandeer a battleship to crow "Mission Accomplished,"

doesn't need to tout his personal "morality" because he's genuinely ethical and knows the difference (comes from having Unitarians in the family, no doubt),

is able to evolve on issues, witty, terrific smile, someone I would genuinely like to break bread with.

Elsewhere on DU I have thoughtfully enumerated policies, actions, and so forth, and whether I agree/disagree with them. This post pretty much just goes to innate character. I liked his character back in 2007-8; I felt I could trust him to do his best for us.

As I've said many times, I never expected a king, a god, a saint, or someone who could kiss it all better and give me a unicorn, so in that regard I have not been disappointed. He's a human being, thus fallible. But since you asked what we liked about him....