Obama Still Lacking an African Legacy
Unlike predecessors Bush and Clinton
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- President Barack Obama is receiving the embrace you might expect for a long-lost son on his return to his father's home continent, even as he has yet to leave a lasting policy legacy for Africa on the scale of his two predecessors.
Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush passed innovative Africa initiatives while in the White House and passionately continue their development work in the region in their presidential afterlife. Obama's efforts here have not been so ambitious, despite his personal ties to the continent.
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despite his personal ties to the continent.
Gasp! The AP is among the Birthers now!