"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus
But I don't think he cares about what you or I would consider "a successful Presidency" - AT ALL.
Successful in his terms - yes.
Successful within the constitutional and historic traditions of the Republic - he could care less.
“But I as I point out if he wants any thing resembling a successful presidency, he will have to backtrack. Voters are forgiving of human mistakes. What they will not forgive is crass arrogance and a refusal to heed life’s lessons”
One thing cannot be reinterated enough: Obama’s camp are not out to do what’s good for America. The only success they are after in this presidency is success in forcing into being as many anti-capitalism programs as they can in the time they have left. If they launch five socialist initiatives and succeed in getting through only two of them, they have still succeeded in moving along their Marxist agenda. Theirs is a longer term agenda. Obama was raised and mentored by true Marxist believers.