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Sohn: What Obama taught us, and why we’ll miss him

President Barack Obama waves on stage with first lady Michelle Obama, daughter Malia, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden after his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama waves on stage with first lady Michelle Obama, daughter Malia, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden after his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Don’t you miss him already?

Don’t you already know just how much you will miss the scandal-free White House of Barack Hussein Obama?

If you don’t, you should.

In his eight years in the Oval Office, No-Drama Obama has not been one to beat his chest. Rather, he was a steady, thoughtful hand working quietly, maybe sometimes too quietly, to learn and perfect what makes our democracy run.

And in his mind, this democracy and the Oval Office were and are far more about us than about its occupant.