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From a Huffington Post blog
What grade should his presidency receive? As I stated earlier in this piece, when Obama assumed the presidency, he was charged with resolving a nasty set of problems and issues. In response to this, his administration rose to the challenge and fostered positive change and progress in America. Because of this, I think the president deserves an B+, which reflects his solid record as Commander-in-Chief.
www.thejobagroup.org...
President Obama’s first term is nearly complete. I feel it is time to grade the Administration up to this point. How has he performed in truly serving the American people? Is he directly improving our quality of life? The President is very sharp on debating talking points. But how is he performing where the rubber meeting the road? In that effort, I think he has earned a solid B+.
freebeacon.com...
No serious legislative business will be conducted before Election Day. The outcome of that election will decide the fate of current tax rates, the next increase in the debt ceiling, and the looming sequester. Obama’s freedom of action has been restricted since Republicans gained a 41st Senator in 2010 and control of the House in 2011. His term effectively has been over for months. Its last gasp was the fight over the Budget Control Act in 2011. One reason the president has poured so much energy into scaring client groups for his reelection campaign is that he has nothing else, really, to do. We can therefore award him the grade he deserves: D Plus.
LA times
It may be early in the general election contest for the White House, but Mitt Romney has not been pulling punches in his assessment of President Obama in recent weeks — and he was blunt when asked Thursday to grade Obama’s first term. “Oh, an 'F,' no question about that,” Romney told CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford. “Across the board.”
Fox News
"50 percent of Americans say President Barack Obama's first term has been a failure, according to a recent poll....
If only one number, it's enough. It's MORE than enough. Annual Budget Deficit
Originally posted by CB328
If only one number, it's enough. It's MORE than enough. Annual Budget Deficit
NO, that is the wrong metric to look at. America, and the rest of the world were heading into a severe depression and Obama kept us from falling off the cliff. We would all be in soup lines right now if Obama hadn't acted, so he deserves a lot of credit for that. I'll give him a B-
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Its pretty much an incomplete across the board, and anyone who says otherwise is not being honest. How can you grade someone when he's had a congress that has made it their goal to block everything he's trying to do?
If we can get out of wars and cut defense spending some, localize benefits some, and create a more efficient gov, it's realistic to reduce the budget by at least 5% and combining that with a reasonable increase in tax we could erase the deficit by 2020 and have the debt/GDP ratio back to 30% within 20 years.
Bureau of Labor volunteering stats
The volunteer rate rose by 0.5 percentage point to 26.8 percent for the year ending in September 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. About 64.3 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2010 and September 2011. The increase in the volunteer rate in 2011 followed a decline of equal size in 2010.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
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Obama must find a way to deal with Republican Obstructionism. I suggest making filibustering work the way it used to. If you're going to filibuster, you have to be on the floor, actually filibustering! Sometimes I think he's somewhat naive in thinking that this term is going to be different. I also think some of the stuff he's done is total crap.
Healthcare - C-
Social Issues - A
Individual Freedom - D
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Its pretty much an incomplete across the board, and anyone who says otherwise is not being honest. How can you grade someone when he's had a congress that has made it their goal to block everything he's trying to do?
As the president, he had told Kyl after the Arizonan raised objections to the notion of a tax credit for people who don’t pay income taxes, Obama told Cantor this morning that "on some of these issues we’re just going to have ideological differences."
The president added, "I won. So I think on that one, I trump you."
... we're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us ... .