Maggie's permitted to air her solidly left-wing view of Obama and we who differ with her on that view are free to dismiss it as a broken-hearted lullaby, to plagiarize  Sassy Sarah Vaughan. It was good that America elected a black president. He was, however, a disaster in foreign policy, a pushover who paved the way for the kickback that brought us the even more disastrous Donald Trump and his fellow-thug Putin. Obama was well qualified on domestic issues, an inner-city fixer, but as incompetent on the world stage as  Ike, who, like Barrack, simply invited bullies to swing away. As a bulwark against bullies, you have to have credibility and Obama's red lines left us all simply red-faced when adversaries laughed at and ignored them.  It was nice that he had class. It would be nice if Trump wasn't the lowest of low-brow. But you don't bring just class to a gunfight.