Elite Quote by Ari Melber

Obama quickly became an effective advocate for the view that government is a critical part of the solution to society's problems. So effective that…

— Kirsten Powers

Barack Obama's failed us. But look, it's understandable. A lot of people fail at their first job.

— Tim Pawlenty

Barack Obama took office in the middle of a massive financial crisis. He was handed a bunch of messes all around the world and…

— Jon Lovett

In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the…

— Kevin O'Leary

Obama invented himself against all odds and repeated parental abandonment, and he worked hard to regiment his emotions. But now that can come across…

— Maureen Dowd

One thing Barack Obama is: He's a good campaigner. He's a terrible president.

— Donald Trump

It's very easy for people to be critical of President Obama's first term, but let's face it, he didn't exactly inherit the country in…

— George Clooney

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president - no president, not me, not any…

— William J. Clinton

Barack Obama is a president who, when he had to deal with the 2008 economic crisis, has led the American economy on a completely…

— Alexis Tsipras

President Obama is one of the great political knife-fighters in modern history. He is a failed president - his economy is bleak, his foreign…

— Ben Shapiro

President Obama started in public life not as an elected official but as a community organizer. He worked with churches and other groups on…

— Ben Rhodes

Quite simply, quite plainly, just by virtue of his being, Barack Obama is America. The first true American to lead our nation.

— John Ridley