[malshe]

100%. Obama squandered people's mandate...twice. I wish more mainstream (i.e., non socialist) Democratic politicians had strong convictions like Mamdani.

[_DeadFred_]

Yeah, I mean other than my family having insurance coverage for pre-existing conditions. And having years of insurance. And therefor much better quality of life then/now. Obama has what, a few weeks of actual mandate majority power.

Mamdani is basically doing the same thing other Dems do, only the Internet lefties give him the benefit of the doubt/kudos instead of the piling on they give Dems. Abigail Spanberger has been insanely effective yet gets zero of the kudos Mamdani gets because she's just a Dem.

[malshe]

Obama promised change, remember? We were in the worst financial crisis of the modern times and what changed exactly after Obama took over? How many bankers went to the prison? In his 2012 book, Neil Barofsky wrote that Obama appeared to care far more about the Wall Street [1]. Obama also completely ignored the Bush administration lies which led to Iraq invasion. Nobody got punished. During his presidency the senate Democrats were asleep at the wheel, not filling many vacant positions for federal judges, which McConnell later exploited. Overall, Obama's presidency was a lot of talk but no concrete action. It's just because his was sandwiched between two even worse presidencies -- Bush's and Trump's -- he comes out ahead.

1. Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street

[delfinom]

Obama did get a lot done, the biggest problem was congress. The dems in congress are basically an entire seniority driven power structure where the 70+ year old dinosaurs hold complete control. They are the biggest ones resistant to change.

The president can only do so much without laws backing it.