Space policy wavered again under Obama as well, the repetitive change in goals our executive branch has tasked NASA with has held back our ability to progress with manned space exploration. Designing for Mars and designing for the Moon each present different problems.

The F-35 project has somehow survived as long as it has, despite being a massive cash sink into a project that is going to produce a bad plane that doesn't win fights. And if we rely on it for our next generation air superiority, we're going to be at a disadvantage until the next generation comes around.

I don't feel like we've really had a good last eight years. It's a good thing gay marriage is now a right, but that was decided by a 5-4 conservative Supreme Court anyways... not exactly something Obama can take credit for.