# What type of former president do think that President Obama will be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 12, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312 "2013-07-12T14:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/21 "2013-07-13T12:14:51Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > If it’s Hillary Clinton, I doubt it. We can work with Hillary Clinton. The present party? I don’t think they could work with Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/22 "2013-07-13T13:32:08Z")
Even the most active public speaking tour leaves a heck of a lot more time for relaxing with family than the Presidency does. He’ll surely cut back his hours and his stress, but that’s just because _no_ job takes up more hours or causes more stress than being President. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/23 "2013-07-13T13:43:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Obama won’t be near-broke from legal fees and trying to rehabilitate his reputation after a sex scandal. He’s got more than three years left - don’t rule it out. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/24 "2013-07-13T14:02:16Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The present party? I don’t think they could work with Ronald Reagan. That’s because you have a distorted view of what’s going on. Republicans can work with Obama and have when they are actually somewhat close together. But on most issues they are so far apart there’s just no way. Hillary Clinton is a lot closer to the Republicans than Obama is, so they’ll work with her just fine. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/25 "2013-07-13T14:06:30Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > That’s because you have a distorted view of what’s going on. Republicans can work with Obama and have when they are actually somewhat close together. But on most issues they are so far apart there’s just no way. Hillary Clinton is a lot closer to the Republicans than Obama is, so they’ll work with her just fine. Oh, so you’re one of those people that actually believes Obama is a _liberal_. Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/26 "2013-07-13T14:10:29Z")
A lot more liberal than Bill Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/27 "2013-07-15T23:21:50Z")
I’d **like** to see him go back to Congress. (John Quincy Adams did it.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/28 "2013-07-15T23:23:33Z")
Of course, he could probably be Mayor of Chicago or Governor of Illinois if he wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/29 "2013-07-16T00:33:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’d **like** to see him go back to Congress. (John Quincy Adams did it.) I’d prefer him on the Supreme Court personally. Of course it’d be hard for Obama to be confirmed under the current conditions. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/30 "2013-07-16T00:36:43Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > A lot more liberal than Bill Clinton. So the guy that supported the GOP healthcare plan that Clinton rejected is MORE liberal than Clinton. Huh. Good to know. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/31 "2013-07-16T00:40:22Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > So the guy that supported the GOP healthcare plan that Clinton rejected is MORE liberal than Clinton. Huh. Good to know. Yes considering unlike Clinton Obama supports gay marriage, and opposes DADT/DOMA and may very sign a new Glass-Steagall into law which Clinton helped repeal. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/32 "2013-07-16T01:29:19Z")
Obama supported the health care law that could pass Congress. As he admitted himself, single payer was his preference if he had his way. And going back to the Senate wouild be fine for him. He’s a political kind a guy, he’s never done anything else, and he’s not good at management, so the legislature is really the only place for him. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/33 "2013-07-16T14:32:35Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > . . . and he’s not good at management . . . Apparently he is. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/34 "2013-07-16T14:47:52Z")
Why, is the ACA being implemented as envisioned on time? Is he in control of events, or do events control him? Is he even in charge of his own administration? Three strikes says he’s out. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/35 "2013-07-16T14:50:37Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Three strikes says he’s out. Looks like he’s still **in,** actually. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/36 "2013-07-16T15:02:22Z")
Yeah, but he might beat Bush in terms of the speed with which he becomes a lame duck. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/37 "2013-07-18T05:01:45Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yeah, but he might beat Bush in terms of the speed with which he becomes a lame duck. Oh, I daresay Obama is in a stronger position now than W was mid-2005. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/38 "2013-07-18T05:50:19Z")
Doesn’t look like it so far. He looks lost without control of Congress. Past Presidents have been able to get by just fine, even thrive, with the other party in control of Congress. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/39 "2013-07-18T06:50:54Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Doesn’t look like it so far. He looks lost without control of Congress. Past Presidents have been able to get by just fine, even thrive, with the other party in control of Congress. Yes, but unlike W in 2005, Obama has the advantage of being seriously hated only by idiots, and it does make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312/40 "2013-07-18T07:10:58Z")
His disapproval is 50%. I’d say not liking Obama is mainstream these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-former-president-do-think-that-president-obama-will-be/663312.md?page=3)