The best I have seen him is the last 3 months while he has been campaigning for Hillary. He has been funny and very appealing. As a president I wasn’t fascinated with him, and I don’t get how people practically pine for him. I do feel a lot of the world likes him, so I liked that part of his presidency.
His and Michelle’s humanity and warmth; they seemed to genuinely enjoy each other and interacting with people. I also think he is highly intelligent and thoughtful although there were issues I wish he had been more proactive about such as Standing Rock and Syria.
He is a man of disciplined and superior intellect that found himself embroiled in a landscape where that asset is too readily countered by noise and obfuscation.
@Kropotkin no one is going to “miss” any of those things when he’s gone regardless of who replaces him. They are endemic and wired in to what is and will be. Each of them will only intensify on his leaving.
Everything. Just everything. As others have said, he was superior in intelligence, decency, he was funny, a fantastic dad and husband….and he and Michelle could just be “cool” on occasion with no loss whatsoever of my respect. The fist bump on the way off the stage after his first election! Dancing at times. He could make fun of himself, casually and confidently.