I think these unforeseen turns of events took a lot on the presidency at the expense of his other agenda.

If we simply measure his performance by these two agenda, I think the presidency has been a flop.

They don't care what they're doing or saying. It's just that now is the time for politicians to be jumping on pornography and everyone wants to be seen to be on the bandwagon. They might eventually pass the bill but there will probably be so many loopholes it's hard to know if anything will actually change.

The decision showed he has learned, he has progressed, he has matured during this 12 months.

I've never seen the president burdened by the presidency. He's built to deal with really big events. It's in his DNA.

The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else.