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A few minutes ago Sissy Willis tweeted:

It’s A Landslide! Netroots Want Sarah Palin To Run For Presidenthttp://bit.ly/aQHHbV ~ @tpmmedia

The shortened link goes to this story at TPMDC. Both Sissy Willis and TPM’s Christina Bellantoni focus first on who the lefties at Netroots Nation this year want to run against Obama in 2012. But what caught my eye was near the bottom of the story.

The group also — by 69 percent — said health care reform was Obama’s “top accomplishment.” That was followed by his economic recovery plan with 13 percent, improving the U.S. image abroad with 7 percent, extending unemployment benefits with 5 percent, Wall Street reform with 3 percent, moving toward the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell with 2 percent and a new Afghanistan strategy with 1 percent.

Even the Left thinks that the most impressive thing that President Obama has done is the only thing that hasn’t had a chance to fail yet.

Economic recovery plan? Not really working.

Improving US image abroad? We’re still the Great Satan.

Extending unemployment benefits? He managed after three tries and Americans are still worried.

Wall Street Reform? Another item that hasn’t had time to fail yet.

Ending Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? They give him credit for moving, not accomplishing.

New Afghanistan strategy? Once more, not enough time to fail.

So 73% of the Progressives at Netroots Nation approved of things that Obama has done that haven’t had time to fail. Another 3% give him credit for something that he hasn’t accomplished. In other words, three quarters of the most active, engaged part of the left aren’t thrilled with what President Obama has actually done, and are still stuck hoping something that he does will actually work out well.

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