But Moman, who has died aged 79, had a much more extensive string of achievements.
This string of achievements is made even more impressive by the fact they are mostly founded on word-of-mouth recommendations.
This puts pressure on whichever political leader happens to be in the chair not merely to preside efficiently, but also to notch up a string of "achievements".
Wanda Jackson's accomplishments could line a highway from here to Nashville -- a string of achievements that includes being the first woman to record a rock song.
It is certainly true that Mr. Clinton in his instincts and messaging was more centrist than Mr. Obama, and the 42nd president emerged from the White House with a string of achievements that both parties laid claim to.
There is Richard W. Clark, unmistakably the iconic American personality he was to become, grinning confidently underneath a gaudy string of achievements and activities — president of both the student body and something called the Punching Bag Club, National Thespians, Lieutenant Marshal, Dance Committee, and so forth.
It may have been those qualities — and a string of achievements that began in her native North Dakota, where she was state student council president, an all-state basketball player and orchestra concertmistress — that drew the attention of David H. Petraeus, the nation's top spy and a four-star general, as the two spent hours together for a biography of Mr. Petraeus that Ms. Broadwell co-wrote.
For Heckmann, who is just 32, it's only the latest in a long string of achievements.
They have been successful rule-followers since childhood; cooperative and compliant, they have responded to the high expectations of parents and teachers with a string of achievements.
And he has a string of legislative achievements to his name.
