Barack Quote by Jon Stewart

Barack Obama is extremely smart.

— Jonathan Chait

Barack Obama is clearly a smart guy, talented.

— Stephen Baldwin

Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

— Michelle Obama

President Obama is perhaps the smartest person I've ever worked with.

— Susan Rice

Sometimes societies become too stupid to survive. A nation that takes Barack Obama's current rhetorical flourishes seriously is certainly well advanced along that dismal…

— Mark Steyn

With Barack, there's an emotional need to succeed, to win, to obtain victory. He always believes that he's the smartest person in the room.

— David Garrow

Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country.

— Joe Lieberman

Obama might do well to remember that his fast rise from the Illinois state Senate was due in large part to an uncanny ability…

— Ron Fournier

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

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

We need to redefine "smart" when talking about things Obama does, 'cause in my world he doesn't do smart things. He doesn't do intelligent…

— Rush Limbaugh

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

— Penn Jillette