Most supporters of Obama resort to name calling when replying to such articles. That was not the case with the liberals and even the leftists of the past. The socialists argued from their ideology and the liberals supported the labor unions and welfare.
As for Clinton’s economy it was a Wall Street hype economy but with a strong dollar due to imported capital. Now we are exporting capital and have a weak dollar.
I spend a week working in Jakarta. It is a scary place now and it was not so safe when I was there twelve years ago.
Hawaii is the most corrupt state in the US even worse than Texas and Illinois. Chicago is now the most corrupt big city in the US. That is not name calling and Obama’s connections with Chicago politics is a negative. But he looks better than Mayor Daley.