Chicago newspaper article about the king with no clothes.
so much disappointment
And now, eight years later, consider:Chicago's president of so much hope leaves a Democratic Party in absolute tatters. Democrats have lost not only the White House and Congress, but a horde of state legislatures and governorships.
And Trump will be the next president, having won a remarkable election in state after state by running an anti-establishment campaign of referendum, first against the Bush Republicans and later against Obama and his proxy, Hillary Clinton.
You can talk about Obamacare as his legacy, although that will be undone. You can talk about the symbolism of his politics, but that will fade, at least in Washington.
But there is a part of his legacy that is just beginning: Trump.
Donald Trump is Obama's true legacy.
so much disappointment