# Let's list Obama's accomplishments

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 21, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497 "2008-02-21T03:00:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497/1 "2008-02-21T03:00:37Z")

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I can only think of two.

1. elected senator in Illinois.
2. provided the most exciting presidential election campaign in US history
3. Hi Opal

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**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497/2 "2008-02-21T03:11:49Z")

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Try harder.

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[li]Ethics reform legislation[/li][li]Government transparency legislation ([http://www.usaspending.gov/](http://www.usaspending.gov/))[/li][li][Weapons non-proliferation](http://obama.senate.gov/press/070111-lugar-obama_non/)[/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497/3 "2008-02-21T03:14:33Z")

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By the way, a list of Obama’s sponsored and co-sponsored bills and amendments are provided [here](http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/02/solutions-adden.html), [here](http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/02/but-wait-theres.html) and [here](http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/02/all-the-rest.html).

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497/4 "2008-02-21T03:17:31Z")

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Engaging the Democratic Party and Independants and moderate Republicans to thwart Hillary Clinton and her vast financial and organizational advantages to emerge as the overwhelming favorite to become the 44th President of the United States.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497/5 "2008-02-21T03:38:16Z")

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\*Community organizer who helped empower 150,000 inner-city minorities

\*President of the Harvard Law Review

\*Civil Rights Lawyer

\*Constitutional Law Professor at the University of Chicago Law School

\*Racial profiling reform in Illinois

\*Legislation combating predatory lending

\*Reform of Chicago’s Capital Crime Procedure

\*Creation of Illinois State Earned Income Tax Credit

\*Creation of critical early childhood education programs in Illinois

\*Legislation to increase US CAFE standards

\*Most extensive ethics reform in decades in the US Senate

\*Key work on nuclear non-proliferation legislation

His Senate [accomplishments](http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/) dwarf those of Hillary Clinton. Indeed, unless you give Hillary credit for her husband’s work, Obama’s accomplishments are at least on par with hers generally.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-obamas-accomplishments/438497/6 "2008-02-21T13:29:55Z")

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This thread was started later than [Obama’s accomplishments?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=456591) and has attracted fewer responses. Since a review of posting times indicates that merging the threads will cause confusion in reading the combined thread, I am closing this one.  
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