a) I'm no fan of him but he's not
b) a third of the country, with disproportionate political power, honestly wants to trap people in absolute fascism, so no, this would be a tough fight even if we had Obama 2.0
It's genuinely weird to see people in this age of renewed partisanship that largely splits down the middle assert that somehow, magically, this should be easy.
No, it's never easy.
It's always been a struggle and anyone who thinks otherwise needs to pay better attention to history.