Brinkley: I Think Obama Is an ‘Above-Average President’ Like Bill Clinton

Douglas Brinkley Calls Obama's Legacy 'Above-Average' (NewsBusters)

Amidst President Obama's sliding approval ratings, liberal historian Douglas Brinkley stood up for his "above-average" legacy on Monday's Hardball.

"I think he's an above-average president. I'd put him somewhere around what Bill Clinton was able to do," Brinkley insisted. He compared Obama's withdrawal from Iraq to Eisenhower getting the U.S. out of the Korean war, even though al Qaeda is clearly making a comeback in Iraq.