Non-Fiction

We agree that his most important assignment was to gain re-election. Which means he was laboring under enormous pressure to perform and the GOP obstructionism was (and will, no doubt, continue to be) criminal. Had he failed to earn a second term many African Americans would have lost what little faith they still had in the system. The base of the GOP would have used every dog whistle at their disposal to write a false narrative along the lines that 'Blacks just don't have what it takes...' I can't tell you how filled with admiration I am for all those who stood in line for endless hours in order to cast their votes.

I have called him an opportunist for running when he did. I believed he jumped the gun, so to speak, and had too little political capital to spend. I no longer think that was such a bad thing because of that new coalition. Robert Gibbs was talking about using the enormous Obama data base for other things now that the election is over....That would be incredibly wonderful.

I think his next assignment, should he choose to accept it, is to lay the groundwork for the election of another Democrat to the WH in 2016. That would be the first time since FDR/Truman that we have held onto the WH for more than 2 terms. It will take at least 2 more terms of Dems in the WH to undo the damage caused by Nixon, Reagan, Bush I & II. It is imperative that we retake the House and retain the Senate as well. In any case, I suspect he will be too moderate for many DUers who seem to be historically ignorant and very short-sighted.