bullish on barry

time's mark halperin says ignore the far-right and the far-left, obama is "on a path to be a huge success by the time of November's midterm elections."

By Election Day 2010, Obama will have soundly achieved many of his chief campaign promises while running a highly competent, scandal-free government.

Not bad for a guy whose opponents (in both parties) for the White House suggested that he was too green in national life to know how to do the job — and whose presidency began in the midst of a worldwide economic crisis that demanded urgent attention and commanded much of his focus.

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