Clear Quote by George Will

The education of this president [Obama] is a protracted and often amusing process . . . as he continues to alight upon the obvious…

— George Will

Barack Obama is an intellectual.

— Jonathan Chait

Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to…

— Dee Dee Myers

Barack Obama is an incredibly intelligent, thoughtful, decisive person in pursuing the agenda he sets.

— Hillary Clinton

“Oh, but Barack Obama was no mere man. He was a paragon of intelligence and civilized society. A savior to the world’s depressed. A…

— Frank J. Fleming

I don't know how you bridge that contradiction, but I felt that Barack Obama was sincere. It didn't feel like a line to me.…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Obama is very much an establishment sort of guy. The whole image of him as a transcendent figure was based on style rather than…

— Paul Krugman

[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time.

— Toni Morrison

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy,…

— Paul Ryan

In fact, Obama's intellectual curiosity and suppleness of mind is, in my view, one of his biggest selling points, whatever your political beliefs.

— Norah Vincent

I thought Obama was brilliant. He's so informed. He's circumspect. He's articulate. He's thoughtful. Well, I think in my lifetime, there's never been anything…

— David Shuster

It has made mincemeat of Barack Obama's pose of thoughtfulness. It has demonstrated that he lacks even a rudimentary understanding of the most basic…

— George Will