The Obama Place in History

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 14, 2015

New York Magazine has recently compiled an extensive overview of what President Obama's legacy will be and asked over 50 historians for their perspective on how we'll see the president's record years from now. Editor David Haskell talks about the project and how the historians responded, and columnist Jonathan Chait talks about his essay as part of the project.

How would you answer some of the questions the magazine asked of these historians:

  • After the day-to-day crises and flare-ups and legislative brinkmanship are forgotten, what will we remember?
  • What, and who, will have mattered most?
  • What small piece of legislation (or executive inaction) will be seen by future generations as more consequential than today's dominant news stories?
  • What did Obama miss about America? What did we (what will we) miss about him?"

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