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Few Progressives Would Take Issue With The Argument That, Significant Accomplishments Notwithstanding, The Obama Presidency Has Been A Big Disappointment.

Over One In Five American Children Is Living In Poverty, And The Number Is Rising.

Face It, The System Is Rigged, And It's Rigged Against Us.

Americans Continue To Suffer From A Notoriously Short Attention Span. They Get Mad As Hell With Reasonable Frequency, But Quickly Return To Their Families And Sitcoms. Meanwhile, The Corporate Lobbies Stay Right Where They Are, Outlasting All The Populist Hysteria.

Ironically, Tendency To Ignore Inconvenient Facts And Unwelcome Evidence Is Actually President Reagan's True Legacy, As I Noted In 'the Nation' Back In 2000, Before The Current Right-wing Mania For President Reagan Gained Its Full Force.