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Barack Obama is pretty similar to the person you see in public, at press conferences. He's a little saltier, a little more sarcastic and…

— Jonathan Chait

Barack Obama is way smarter than Bush - so way, way smarter than me. Obama is way more charismatic than me.

— Penn Jillette

Barack Obama is probably one of the brightest in terms of sheer intelligence... also probably the best orator we've ever had as a president.

— Mario Cuomo

Sometimes, Barack Obama is Martin Luther King, sometimes, he a black militant from the Sixties, then he's a Baptist minister. He can be so…

— Shelby Steele

I like Barack Obama.

— Bobby Seale

Barack himself is very much a regular guy, not a silver spoon, incredibly smart, but, you know, he's a scholarship kid, made good use…

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

Barack Obama was better as a campaigner than as a - as a president sometimes in this same position. It is easier when you…

— Chuck Todd

When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They see someone…

— Grace Meng

Barack Obama is a truly flabbergasting President. And in a good way - not the way some of his predecessors were. He's not flabberghastly.…

— Tom Shale

If Barack Obama now, or some black person in the future, should become president, neither Jesse Jackson nor Al Sharpton would be out of…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Barack Obama is clearly a smart guy, talented.

— Stephen Baldwin

Barack Obama is many things; among them, he is a tough and even ferocious political warrior.

— Jon Meacham