- Record number of commutations for nonviolent drug offenders and now Chelsea Manning, as well. Granted, it's all symbolism, as his administration has prosecut

- Record number of commutations for nonviolent drug offenders and now Chelsea Manning, as well. Granted, it's all symbolism, as his administration has prosecuted far more than he's released for those same 'crimes' and done nothing to improve the system, but at least it improves the dialogue going forward, potentially. I will be impressed if he also pardons Snowden, who exposed him (as opposed to Manning who leaked Bush administration secrets). - Shifted a significant amount of land from the poorly managed BLM to the Forests Service. Again, not actually solving any problems, as the BLM still owns roughly a third of the land in the country, but he did some symbolic improvements which benefit his image. - Providing a strong voice for the large strides made for the LGBT community during his administration. Again, he opposed gay marriage during his 08 run but slowly came around and ended up warming up to it sooner than others. He certainly was not "the reason" progress was made, but I'm at a lack of other accomplishments. Some additional ones: - Balancing the budget. - Getting us out of imperial interventions in the Middle East. - Reigning in the surveillance state. - Promoting healthy interest rates instead of kicking the can down the road and encouraging debt. - Fixing the healthcare system. Those ones were jokes, obviously. Obama has been a pretty awful President where it matters, competing with the Bushes, FDR, and Woodrow Wilson for the title of worst since 1900. The only things the President really has absolute control over are foreign policy, management of non-legislated decisions such as DEA drug scheduling/prioritizing and surveillance programs, and military execution (see: Pentagon audit 2016). On all of these fronts he is an absolute failure who has desecrated our Constitution and hands over the keys to the most powerful Presidency in US history to Donald Trump. But damn, did he look good doing it. Charisma > results, Obama 2020.