Did you click on my diary title and expect that my diary would include actual quotes from Republicans praising President Obama?
Well, I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but no matter what the President says or does, the Republicans criticize him for it. He says "yes", they say "no." He says "no", they say "yes." They criticize him for not taking action. And when he takes action, they object, claiming that he has exceeded his authority. And now they are planning on suing him.
The days of Republicans acting in the best interest of the country, and who are willing to compromise, have long since passed. It is hard to think of anything that the President could do to earn their praise. Even if the President took extremely conservative Tea Party positions, I suspect that the they would criticize him for not being conservative enough.
History will be the judge of the President's actions. But I suspect that history will not be kind to the current Republican Party.