This is a CBS poll on Obama's first year performance. A bit old, but still... Everybody go vote if you haven't done it already. When you finish voting a screen will pop up so you can see all the results. This takes about 30 seconds and the poll results so far are very telling. http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/19/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry6116297.shtml?tag= stack
Shows that voters are paying attention. Is there a grade lower than "F-"? He's OBVIOUSLY worse than Bush, Jr. But is he even worse than Woodrow Wilson???
The Economy A: 1.94% B: 3.14% C: 5.05% D: 19.14% F: 70.72% Foreign Policy A: 3.63% B: 3.20% C: 7.81% D: 23.11% F: 62.25% Health Care A: 2.09% B: 2.29% C: 3.48% D: 9.88% F: 82.26% Afghanistan A: 3.36% B: 13.60% C: 27.92% D: 24.14% F: 30.99% Iraq A: 3.47% B: 9.59% C: 26.46% D: 24.74% F: 35.74% Threat of Terrorism A: 3.16% B: 3.74% C: 8.04% D: 20.78% F: 64.27% Energy and the Environment A: 2.73% B: 4.16% C: 11.99% D: 21.50% F: 59.63% Social Issues A: 3.21% B: 4.14% C: 12.83% D: 21.22% F: 58.59% Bipartisanship A: 3.06% B: 2.49% C: 4.18% D: 9.40% F: 80.88% Obama's Overall Job as President A: 2.50% B: 3.23% C: 4.19% D: 26.14% F: 63.94%
Grades for Obama: 1. Economy - He gets an incomplete for year one. 2. Foreign Policy - He gets a C-. Little to limp wristed 3. Health Care - He gets a D-. Can't control his own party 4. Afganistan - He is Bush Redux. He gets an A if you think we should be there, F if you don't. I don't so he gets an F. 5. Iraq - See #4. 6. Threat of terrorism - He gets a D- for appointing radical leftist Holder. 7. Social Issues - He gets a D- because he can't control his own party on social or any other issues. 8. Bipartsanship - He gets a big fat F because he cannot control the radical left element of his own party. 9. Overall - I'll give him an incomplete for year one. His leadership skills are very poor. I doubt he'll improve because he has so little to work with. Vote for the citizens of this country - F, did you dopes really think things would be any different?
Somewhere in the back of my head I see him as stronger when he fights difficult odds and tries to overcome huge obstacles. Now he has so many Congress-people on his side, each with their own agenda and unique way of being duplicitous about it, that he is lost. Perhaps he'd be a better president fighting against Republican majorities in the Capitol. Yet, he's so inexperienced, so who knows.