How Obama’s Legacy Will Generate Big Bucks
He’ll rack up on the speakers’ circuit. He’s one of the world’s most gift orators. So, money won’t be an issue.
Neither will his age. When he leaves the ...White House — in either 2013, or 2017, at the age of 52 or 56, depending on the outcome of the next election — he will still have a dangerous jump-shot and a bop in his walk, and his children will still be youngsters.
“He’ll be a relatively young ex-President, so he’ll have a long career,” said Alan Brinkley, a historian at Columbia University. “I think we’ve had somewhat younger Presidents fairly recently, and also people are living longer now, so ex-Presidents seem to be around for a longer time. Some of them are very active, like Clinton and Carter, and others seem to just disappear. I doubt that Obama will disappear.”
As a member of what Herbert Hoover called the “most exclusive trade union in the world,” Obama stands to reap the rewards of having served as leader of the free world in times of global crisis. The Clintons, who never earned much during their years in public office and who left office with crushing legal bills, were able to earn $100 million just eight years after leaving Pennsylvania Avenue. If Obama leaves office with high approval ratings and with the country believing itself to be on the right track, he could follow in Bill Clinton’s footsteps, or perhaps earn more....
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Neither will his age. When he leaves the ...White House — in either 2013, or 2017, at the age of 52 or 56, depending on the outcome of the next election — he will still have a dangerous jump-shot and a bop in his walk, and his children will still be youngsters.
“He’ll be a relatively young ex-President, so he’ll have a long career,” said Alan Brinkley, a historian at Columbia University. “I think we’ve had somewhat younger Presidents fairly recently, and also people are living longer now, so ex-Presidents seem to be around for a longer time. Some of them are very active, like Clinton and Carter, and others seem to just disappear. I doubt that Obama will disappear.”
As a member of what Herbert Hoover called the “most exclusive trade union in the world,” Obama stands to reap the rewards of having served as leader of the free world in times of global crisis. The Clintons, who never earned much during their years in public office and who left office with crushing legal bills, were able to earn $100 million just eight years after leaving Pennsylvania Avenue. If Obama leaves office with high approval ratings and with the country believing itself to be on the right track, he could follow in Bill Clinton’s footsteps, or perhaps earn more....