He failed but it’s OK because it’s actually our fault according to him.
Via CNN:
President Barack Obama issued a final passionate plea to voters on Tuesday to bridge the divide in American politics after he leaves office.
In his last State of the Union address delivered to a Congress that has often hobbled his ambitions, Obama expressed regret over his own role in Washington’s political dysfunction, and lambasted Republican presidential candidates who he said are adding to the trouble.
He also offered his pitch to fix it — including structural reforms to a political system he said even those in Washington don’t like.