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Did Obama set any benchmarks by which to judge his success or failure as the POTUS?
I think I might remember him saying something about cutting the deficit in half and getting to 6% unemployment by the end of his first term.
Your comment about setting the rules?
He also said these things 1) Before the economy was slammed into a wall by Bush and 2) contingent on Congress doing it's job. So, um, no. Argument fail.