Obama Reminds Progressives of Obamacare, DADT and Iraq in Address to Netroots

While conservatives have many bones to pick with the president, a number of progressive activists congregating in Providence this past weekend for the Netroots Nation conference are not thrilled with all of Barack Obama's first term in the White House either. As the conference's keynote speaker, Van Jones said of Obama Saturday: "We like him, but we’re not in love with him.” Appearing in a video address to the conference Saturday, President Obama reminded progressives of some of the work his administration has done over the last fours years, and called for continued support moving forward.

"Four years ago we came together because we shared a simple belief that people who love their country can change it," President Obama said to the progressive activists at Netroots. "And you have."

From there the president went on a trip down memory lane, reminding the conference of his push to reform the nation's healthcare system, doubling-down on clean energy, repealing Don't Ask Don't Tell, ending the War in Iraq and ordering the death of Osama bin Laden.

"But we've got a lot more work to do, especially when it comes to getting our fellow Americans back to work," said the president. "We've created 4.3 million new jobs over the past 27 months. But we've got to keep at it until everyone who's out there, pounding the pavement, gets a job that pays the bills.

"What we can't do is go back to the policies that got us to this mess in the first place. What we won't do is just cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires by gutting things like education and clean energy."

The address featured a 2-minute video from WhiteHouse.gov supporting the health law by showing a Colorado family whose son requires expensive medical treatments to treat his hemophilia.

"The Affordable Care Act has improved our quality of life, knowing that we don't have to deal with the cap anymore means we can focus on the best care and the proper care for his condition," the boy's father says of how the law effects the lifetime cap on coverage from insurance companies that the family faced.

Watch the president's full address below: