There is a narrative we are being fed right now about how a former man of hope, now elected, has become another empty politician unable to deliver on campaign promises. This tale is woven by an overactive media desperate for filler in collaboration with political operatives looking to game public opinion.

Don’t be sold on this narrative to downplay and delegitimize the successes of a president who has advanced an agenda through a mostly dysfunctional congress while handling the toughest economy in memory.