He should have known within the first 6 months that the "new tone" was destined to failure. The Dems were never going to forgive him for winning Florida. He still tried to play nice with them. The decision not to veto was a huge leadership failure and led many of us to the conclusion that one party rule, even when that party is the one we want in power, is destined to fail. In retrospect, it doesn't have to be if the members of that party are grounded and committed to an ideology. Neither the executive or legislative branches had this commitment.

He probably had the most difficult political opposition that any president has ever dealt with. In my lifetime, I don't ever remember the president constantly being referred to as a liar by the opposition. Add a corrupt press and he had a bad situation.

We did have a good economy for 6 years and he made some progress within the judiciary. But his tendency towards liberalism would never appease the liberals who hated him and made the conservatives who voted for him unable to support him any longer. The result is a 20% approval rating. The only way he will get credit for keeping us safe is if we are attacked once he is gone. His poor communication skills taught us that we can never vote for an inarticulate president again.