What grade would you give Obama? (parties, examples, state, administration)

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by Smoke_Jaguar4

Obama Sees 2013 Deficit Lowest in Five Years, GDP Growth at 2.0% - Bloomberg

You do realize that reducing the deficit and reducing spending are two different things right??? You can reduce a deficit by increasing taxes.

[btsilver]

I was just thinking:

Are we basing this grade off of comparisons to previous presidents or are we basing this off of our expectations? Two different things with vast difference in grades.

[Roadking2003]

F.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by yoink

Just another curious question.

Grades you can give Obama:
A+
A-
B+
B-
C+
C-
D+
D-
F
F-

C-

Overall I am disappointed with Obama but he has helped the US in foreign policy and a few odds and ends like energy conservation. He is an improvement over Bush II in many categories but still that is not saying much.

[Smoke_Jaguar4]

Originally Posted by Ivorytickler

You do realize that reducing the deficit and reducing spending are two different things right??? You can reduce a deficit by increasing taxes.

Yeah, show me any tax that the GOP has allowed to increased since Bush Sr. was in office.

[BigHouse9]

F-

Simply awful job.

[janelle144]

[btownboss4]

Originally Posted by Smoke_Jaguar4

B+
He's gotten us out of two wars
Federal spending is now at it's lowest level in decades
The economy is on the rebound
Obamacare is actually lowering the cost of medical insurance for most people
Effectively crippled Iran to have them elect a (relative) Moderate

Areas to improve:
NSA surveillance (tone deaf on privacy concerns)
Egypt and Syria policy (too much hesitancy)
Still lets the Tea Party define the agenda rather than having the cojones to shut them down.

How can you give him "points" for getting us out of Iraq, but say its a Con we didn't go to war in Syria?

Anyhow, I'd give him a C, he is an average President, NSA worries me as well as domestic drone programs, but all in all, he hasn't been awful
Obamacare is honestly not a big deal, its sort of like the Car Insurance mandate that all states (but NH)

I would give Republicans some credit for the lowering debt, although the rebounding economy is also helping that.

He is much more conservative when it comes to Foreign policy than Bush, probably due to Iraq, which is a good thing, IMO.

[texdav]

He was suspended after first two years for not doing his homework. FED is doing the lifting now and foreign policy is just being let go;obviously.

[Dude111]

F- but i dont think THAT IS LOW ENOUGH!!