OP, I agree and despite all the trouble the House has caused, I think he has accomplished a lot. Not as much as he wanted to but enough make him a stand out president. My mother can now afford health insurance and get medication for her fibromyalgia while she couldn't before(pre-existing condition). Also, my father died of leukemia and I know what kind of medical bills arise and because of that I know people can no longer be denied if they find out they have cancer.
My political life hasn't been that long(I'm only 29) but I've lived through Bush and have seen what he did and I've also lived through almost two years of the Obama presidency and between the two, Obama has had the better presidency. Bush took us to war on a lie and out of it, it created the ISIS situation. I think that is the big thing I very much dislike about him and I cannot for the life of me figure out why Conservatives(here or elsewhere) don't hold him accountable for it. Of course these people till think Benghazi was a conspiracy even if the House and Fox News reported that no such blame can be cast. I also very much dislike the judges he appointed. Corporations are not people for example yet Scalia and his ilk voted for them to be included as such.
The key word here is politician and for politicians, Obama has been great and has thought of the people while Bush only thought of the corporations from my point of view and from the data.