Obama has been disastrous for Democrats
It may be churlish to question the political acumen of the first African-American to be elected (and reëlected) President, but it is true that Obama’s tenure has been disastrous for Democrats. The Party has gone from a Senate caucus of sixty members to forty-six, and from a substantial majority in the House of Representatives to a seemingly permanent minority. In the states, Democrats have lost ten governorships and nine hundred and ten legislative seats.