Barack Obama has been in office less than two years, and he's gotten a lot done. He doesn't spend lots time talking about what put us in the position we're in or placing blame - he acts quickly and decisively. Most of his actions appear to be in the best interest of the economy, the environment, or the people. I can understand some of the criticism of some of his ideas, but nobody is right all of the time.
The thing that kind of sailed under the radar is the fact that all of the money that was allocated to banks to keep them from tanking has been repaid with interest. It doesn't seem like that could possibly be correct - one year was all it took to keep the entire economy from collapsing and for the banks to fully recover? Seems that it is mostly true.
You might contend that the health reform bill is weak and doesn't really get the job done. Well, it's something, and it can be improved upon now that the most important threshold has been breached. He's done tons of other things that have similarly gone unnoticed. Rachel Maddow lists a bunch here:
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