This is a fair point, nuclear tactics in legislation probably was partly responsible for the tea party surge in the first place. The legislation absolutely not being worth all the resentment it created.
I'm never felt he deserved the peace prize (the recipients rarely do.) but the fact that he was handed a country in the middle of an all out nose dive, are measurably, definitely better off than we were in 08 seems like something he should receive credit for.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, never wanted him, never voted for him, but any objective assessment. Measured against other real presidents, and not Bill Pullman from Independence Day, ranks him out as a good president.