On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” columnist Mike Barnicle stated, “for eight years, this president has been scandal-free.”

Barnicle said, “I think the passage of time will enhance Obama’s presidency, much more so than obviously we’re looking at his presidency right now, as in the twilight, the literal twilight of his presidency. I think one of the big things is going to be just the president himself. His character, his family, his seemingly nobility in dealing with the country, where — you know, rife with racial divisions, a world rife with terrorist implications. And yet, for eight years, this president has been scandal-free.”

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