And if a UAV pilot at Creech AFB should happen to fire a Hellfire missile at an ISIS tank in a legitimate combat engagement, is the car bomb set off in the Walmart parking lot in Indian Springs NV any less legitimate?

I know that if I was attacked by robots, top priority would be bringing the hurt home to those in control. Which leads to a vicious circle of convenient military idiocy: Fight wars with minimal civilian awareness, instigate terrorism, respond to terrorism by fighting more wars with minimal civilian awareness. Obama seems to think that public engagement isn't something that separates a 'smart' war from a 'dumb' one.

I think that the ACA will be a feather in Obama's hat, but not for at least another decade. The mandate didn't address a large number of problems, but will be a catalyst that causes many of them to be addressed. That said, as long as the House remains red, it's going to be slow going.

I would guess that he would like to be more than the first black President; however, if that is all that he is, as flagamuffin said, it's enough.