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Benefit of the doubt that's true and he did get some stuff done that was substantial:
Is it enough to offset alternating with Republicans?
Moderate progress only works if it's steady. Ten steps back and five steps forward is still moving backwards.
If moderate progress is the most we reach for, we'll never make any progress on a long time scale when modern Republicans get equal turns.
And the way to prevent that, is trying for faster progress. The party just won't try that, because their donors don't want it.
Bringing us alllll the way back to 1/3 of voters just not voting.
Read about what he has done. You don't need to make any assumptions.
What should he do? Decree that college is free now and insurance is banned and so is homelessness etc? Realistically, he's done a lot and is far more progressive than leftists tend to credit him for.
At this point it feels like we are just finding ways to be dissatisfied tbh.
Here is an opinion piece with more deets on stuff Biden has done:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/13/why-progressives-winning-inside-democratic-party/
You won't answer my question...
Do you think Biden has done enough in his four years to correct Trump's?
Do you think right now we're better off than when Obama left office.
Because if not, then moderate progress isn't enough of a goal
I'm not sure why you're trying to make a zero-sum argument here. Nothing in life is black and white, and just because Biden couldn't measure up to your standards doesn't mean we need to, or should, replace him.
Also, nobody is required to argue or refute any claims or points you're trying to make. Biden didn't face the same problems that Obama did. He doesn't have the same faults or struggles, so why are we trying to make an apple-to-apple comparison when that's not even what we're discussing?
Personally, Biden's executive orders read as very well intentioned, and I personally have directly and indirectly benefited from many of these. There are some things Biden has done that I have disagreed with, but overall, the executive orders and ruling policy of the Biden administration is a positive. If you read some of the executive orders, it's pretty clear that Biden understands the issues that ail the public in most, if not all, sectors.
Gotta shout out a thanks to @naught for getting me interested in reading executive orders. For anyone curious, you can find it here: https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2023
Really interesting stuff.