# Is Biden more successful than Obama was?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 10, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564 "2023-02-10T03:58:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564/21 "2023-02-10T23:31:06Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> the prosperous hunter Biden attacks

Preposterous 🤦

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564/22 "2023-02-11T16:47:31Z")

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From the Republican point of view, they’ll be prosperous attacks if they succeed in moving Biden’s poll numbers down.

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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564/23 "2023-02-11T17:02:08Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> even crediting the republicans with helping pass some of his key legislation that in fact received zero republican votes.

And directly pointing out that, even if they voted against it, they would still get funding in their districts.

To be fair, he’s known some of these people a _long_ time. He knows who he can work with and who he needs to work around.

Even with much smaller majorities in congress, even with Manchin and Sinema, he managed to get through some impactful legislation.

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