The article is important . Nobel - winning Paul Goodman writes that Obama is one of most successful presidents . Julian Zelizer : Obama 's policies on health care , education , regulation could be successful . But he says it 's much too early to assess Obama 's overall impact . Zelizer : Decisions made by LBJ , Clinton , Bush were hard to fully assess for many years .
Nobel - winning Paul Goodman writes that Obama is one of most successful presidents . Julian Zelizer : Obama 's policies on health care , education , regulation could be successful . But he says it 's much too early to assess Obama 's overall impact . Zelizer : Decisions made by LBJ , Clinton , Bush were hard to fully assess for many years .