In those 8 years he faced a Congress that, for most of his tenure, and especially after 2010, filibustered or refused to move on nearly everything to the left of neoliberal.

Democrats had a filibuster-proof Senate for about seven months, that's the window the ACA came through, watered down to get the 60th vote they needed for it to pass

When the legislative window closed in 2010 (because in midterms Republicans won more seats), the record shifts to executive actions like; DACA, the Iran deal and the Paris Agreement because that was the lever he had.

Republicans used the filibuster at unprecedented rates to produce the appearance of failure, then campaigned on "he got nothing done." McConnell was explicit that the goal was a one-term president.

He was, perhaps, progressive for the time, but only in certain ways.

Also, 7 years of Republican Congress...

I mean, I was no fan of Obama when he was President of the US serving the interest of said polity. Except... when compared to literally almost everybody else who've held that position.