World Newser Question Of The Day: Obama At One Month

At this point I would give him a B.
He has put in place significant programs in response to the economic crisis and has reassured me he is not at all likely to skew towards the crazy Left – no rush to nationalize the banks, freeze prices, or the like.
The stimulus bill came out significantly trimmed down when you consider that the AMT patch was substituted in for some spending (a $70 billion dollar giveaway strongly pushed by Republicans that happens every year anyhow). I really consider this a $720B stimulus bill because of that bit of Republican influenced change.
In the ongoing debate, he has stuck to attacking opponents with honest facts. A nice change from the shoot-the-messenger approach from prior years.
So, overall a B. If his policies play out well and reduce the severity of this downturn, he may make an A yet. But a higher grade has to wait until his foreign policy chops get a bit of exercise.

Lash Larue wrote: “…tax CHEATS by the handful…” Who would that be? To use the word “cheats” implies willfullness. A deliberate act to short change the IRS. You might argue that we had two nominees that should have known better, but “cheats?” I think not.

I give him A. He is fighting very hard to tackle the problems but the so called “opposition side” is pulling him backwards. They dont understand that the economic crisis is every corner of the world, and they are playing their part to get out of it. The President as well, thoroughly understands it.

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Don’t get so upset we are all trying to get out of the mess and it will take time. Our hurrying into stuff has not served us to well lately I think getting our feet under us and moving forward is OK at this stage I didn’t see it happen over night and I won’t see progress over night either.

To all of you who are griping, moaning and groaning, how far would you have come in the first month of a new job if you’d stepped into the pile of elephant manure left by the previous administration? 2 wars; a bailout rammed through Congress by the previous administration’s Treasury Secretary who’d led his previous employer off the cliff but still collected a multi-million dollar golden parachute and who made sure the recipients of TARP would have little or no accountability for their use of the funds; and a bunch of GOP Senators and Representatives whose noses are so far out of joint that the only mantra they can comfort themselves with is obstruct, obstruct, obstruct.

And Deb, you represent such spectacular insight whenever you point fingers at whites, accusing us of racism whenever it happens to be your own who have, and continue to receive the majority of welfare. Perhaps you should consider the source of all the freebies your people receive. It is certainly not the white kids who receive free college grants, free housing, only to name a couple. Don’t hate us because your half black president is destroying our country. Not all of us were naive enough to fall for his lies.

A- At least he is trying to reach accross. More than I can say for the GOP.

HE’S ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE -ONE- MONTH!!!
GEORGE WAS IN FOR -EIGHT YEARS-!!!!!
PLEASE

a

I give the President an “A-”. I’ll give Congress and
the Senate each a “C-” for both sides of the isle.
Don’t want to flunk them because they would
have to repeat the course and no one wants that!

B- I understand he is trying to really separate himself from the last administration, but I find his comments in response to Republicans to be extremely condescending and arrogant. I also really question the stimulus. Where are we going to get the money AND cut taxes to pay for the stimulus? There’s still way too much pork. Make that B- a C+.

A+ He is working very hard to handle the mess he has been given. He has kept his promises and has worked VERY Hard to reach out to the Rethugs.

I give President Obama an A. It’s clear that his administration is taking great steps to steer this country (i.e., the economy) into the right direction.

A he’s holding the optimism through this tough time. He’s positive, moving ahead, reaching out, and regularly stops to remind us that it’s not supposed to be easy. He has a plan, and moving forward. It would be wrong to judge harshly so soon.

Solid B.

F.

I’d give him a 97%. He’s making a tremendous effort to include members of both parties and to consult with governors, etc. Total opposite from the past president who made every decision based only on consulting with Cheney.
He’s just been there a few weeks. Give him his eight years and you’ll see an unbelieveably better country.

At first I would have rated the President an A- but when I got the phone call from my dad who worked for Chrysler for 43 years was going to loose some of the benefits that he worked so hard to get. First he lost his life insurance.. Nice how can he get insured now at his age and health with the amount he had before? Now they are taking away his company vehicle. Yes some may say that these execs were living high on the hog but that is not true for all of them. My father worked hard those 43 years starting in clay modeling and working his way up. Ya now that he is not in the union he can be screwed by the govt. and nothing can be done about it. I am sad for him. He doesn’t live off of much and now has so much more to worry about. Gee should I get him an application for Walmart?
Grade now C-….. Sorry President Obama family comes first.

Its early, but I’m not impressed. The market is not responding to him. I’m looking for a job and there’s nothing much out there. Businesses are not adding jobs not even at a rate of last year. I’ve been looking for 10 months and I’m afraid it not going to get better anytime soon. I don’t want any more speeches.

A+ I haven’t seen anyone try so quickly to do something over the past 8 years in a positive light.

A – for sure.
No one would want to walk into the mess left behind by an true ediot. Obama is not a miracle-maker. He’s a real person trying to do a “un-real” job. Not every decision is going to be agreed upon by all, but overall, he has started his term with a real bang. I believe he will soar as time goes by. I, for one, am thrilled to have him as our President.

F
He has broken nearly every promise he made during his campaign.
Lobbyists
Earmarks
Appointees
ACORN
He has no idea what he is doing…

A+ all the way!!! Major steps forward. Let’s not even compare to prior administration or GOP; it isn’t fair to former administration or GOP: they were inept, aloof, inhumane, blinded by ideologies, egocentric, driven to vengeance. New challenges, new strategies. Adapt or perish (it’s not dramatic; it’s survival).

A big Fat “f”

I think Obama has done a great job, concidering all the crying by Republicans look get over it your puppet W is gone, his way didnt work nor will it ever work stop screaming tax cuts tax cuts look where that got us broke and trying to figure out how to feed ourselves, You wanna cry and bitch about Obama try calling in a loan from your hero John the hero please hes not a hero he set in a lil room getting the crap beat outta him 4 or 5 times a day then came home and left the woman who stood by him. Gobama

I give Obama a A for stepping up to a plate which the past administration left in a MESS! It will be a daunting task, and for those politicians and naysayers of doom, where the hell were you when the economy was crumbling for the last 8 years? I give the partisan divisive tactics of the past a F as usual, it is so common, such as McCain asking about a Helicopter, has he not learned anything yet? Homes, planes, automobiles? Gov. on the right hypocrites on taking this stimulus package. So yes an A for achieving a most difficult feat, cleaning up behind Bush and company!!

Obama gets an A. He is keeping his campaign promises. We actually get to see the man WORK. After 8 years of wondering just who was in charge, this is great. Obama has done more for the average American in 30 days than the last administration did in 8 years. He has the Bush mess to clean up while he still has to deal with obstructionist Republicans who have nothing to contribute but more tax cuts.

A- GOOD JOB!

F-

No Compromise, Gee you must be one of those
“READ MY LIPS!… NO NEW TAXES or “We will
find those WMDs” wimps who have tunnel vision.

A for President Obama!
B- for the Democrats!
FFFFFFFFFFF for the Republicans! The Grand Ole Party of NOOOO!

F–Obama is pushing us deeper and deeper into another Depression. He is making the problem even worse–just like FDR did in 1933. This won’t be a quick 12-16 month recession, but a 10 year recession because of his efforts to “fix” the problem. It will be our lost decade just like in Japan due to leftist efforts to “stimulate” the economy. All the stimulus has done is spend on programs that they care about. Billions to ACORN? Give me a break! Obama has also appointed a bunch of tax cheats, I have to give him a “F.”

I give him an A. I give Mitch McConnell and John Boehner both an F. Obama has done everything he can to create a bi-partisan atmosphere in Washington but he keeps running into a brick wall. Maybe he should have used the clenched fist comment in his innauguration speech to refer to Washington Republicans.

F
Our grandchildrens grandchildren will be paying for his payoff of special interest groups and croonies with this spending.

I would give President Obama a “B”, he inherited a mess, it’s going to take more than a month to straighten out 8 years of disaster. My hope is that the Republican would stop all if this bickering, whether you are Democrat or Repbublican, we are all Americans first. Republicans has always said Country First, well we in this country is facing a disaster, instead of all of these negative sound bytes, everyone should be trying to work together for everyone.

F-

I give him a “D” for being deceitful. Listen very very closely to what he says, or better yet, what he’s not really saying. My bumper sticker reads “Beware America, You’ve Been Deceived!”

Weak C, but he’s doing the things he promised during the primaries. His only agenda item being fulfilled during the general election rhetoric is spreading it around. But then, I don’t believe in the liberal-socialist agenda.

Of course Obama got high ratings, you report him positively each night.
He has a tax cheat in his cabinet, a lobbyist working for him, and he rewards the irresponsible.
Those of us who have played by the rules by paying our taxes, paying the mortgages on houses that we could actially afford and saving before we purchased big ticket items now get to pay for all this and get no reward.
I give Obama a D-.

A for President Obama
F for the NO party of rebublicans

I find it hard to believe that this stimulus package is going to help the hands of america. My brother and I both lost our jobs. We almost lost our house that our family lives in. Thanks to Godly people in our nearby churches that had taken care of us. We have not gotten any other help to keep bills paid or to help us get our jobs back.

F- Question we need to be asking now is this: Can we really afford 4 more years of the last 30 days?!? ANYONE for President 2012! The end of this administration is not nearly in sight and not nearly coming soon enough. Thanks for the time, my comrades.

I would give President Obama an “A”
I did NOT vote for POTUS 44. I was not a stalwart supporter, but I am immensely impressed and intrigued by this man. He is extremely disciplined. He has a refreshing commitment to statesmanship and personal accountability. I want him to succeed. We need him to succeed.
I do not agree with many of his principles, nevertheless, he is smart, bold, inclusive and willing to listen to ideas from other than his team. He has earned my support.

A

F-I’ve seen nothing but broken promises and Obama and the democrats ramming their agenda down everyone’s throats without a second thought. His claims of bipartisanship are a joke. His financial policy is a disaster and we should all be trembling at the promise of a socialistic society. I hope our country can survive 4 years of this kind of leadership. Our founding fathers are surly rolling over in their graves.

I would give him an A-. What a disaster the last administration left this man. I have to give almost all the Republicans a D-. Instead of trying to campaign all the time, why don’t you listen to the people for a change. We want relief and the really smart people (economists…) say what President Obama is doing will help. And frankly if those people in the states of the republican governors who don’t want the stimulus money re-elect these politically motivated, self-serving talking heads then they (the people, not the politicians) will suffer for it – but don’t you dare blame the President. Ha-ha fat chance. I just don’t get it.

A+ and beyond at this point for President Obama. He is what you call a
“doer” & we will all benefit from his aggressive methods.

I would give him and A+. He is doing a GREAT job and is displaying all the signs of change,instead of the same old ploitical ways that got us into this mess in the first place. No more double standards! Maybe this will set examples for the rest of the world. Double standards should not exist.

I give him an “A”, based on the activity level of this administration. I don’t believe that in all my adult years (65), I have ever seen a group work so fast and furious, even before taking office. If this is any indicator of the next 4 years, I know the American voter will have gotten their money’s worth.
As a GOP voter for 42 yrs., I am very happy with my ’08 vote for Obama.

A firm “A”!
I strongly agree with Tom’s and Linda’s posts (above). Most new Presidents are still planning their White House staffs in the first month.
Considering the horrendous mess that he inherited and the dramatic movement in a positive direction in only 30 days – and on so many different issues, he is doing a tremendous job, despite being met with partisan obstructionists.
I, for one, am behind him 100%.

C+, B- Still to early to tell much and nobody’s perfect.

I THINK 8 YEARS OF G.W. BUSH YOU SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED ABOUT THE GIANT MESS WE ARE IN. ONE WORD IRAQ! WE HAVE A REAL MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW.

Overall Grade: F
I don’t think we’ve ever had a President makes so many mistakes in the first month of office.

I give obama an A. Obama has brought great hope to all. He is bringing people back to reality. (We can all help one another) He knows that he cannot do it all on his own. He needs the help of us all. We need to be behind him a 100%. What Obama has and is doing is making ME proud to be an American something that has been lost for sometime. He is a breath of new fresh ideas. God Bless Obama and the USA.
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I give him an A and if you want to know what is happening why dont you go to a website he set up so that you would know where the money was going…it is called RECOVERY….We need to give him a chance, after all it was BUSH that got us in this mess. The last time we saw daylight with the budget was when Clinton was in office. Facts not Fiction!

With the condition this country is in isn’t it time to stop the party wars? Isn’t it more important to get the country back on track? President Obama is trying his best to take a very bad situation and make it work. Why are many of the Republicans, who got us to this point by the way, not trying their damndest to help to fix the problems? Republican Governers are saying they won’t take the money??? We the people had better let all of the politicians know that we are not happy with the nonsense. Get it fixed or leave!! By the way I give him an A-. He is doing the best he can in a very tough climate.

A great big F!!!! He lies, cheats, is trying to overthrow the democratic form of government we have long embraced, he is a traitor!

I give him an A+ for effort.
An A+ for the speed in tackling such huge problems head on.
And an A+ for keeping the public informed.
Republicans should watch and learn.

If you talk about Obama having a strong month in office in the sense that he had a bill he supported passed, then yes.
If you’re talking about a month where he actually did something good for the economy, then no. Don’t get me wrong, I honestly believe that anyone who runs for president means well for the country. I believed that of Bush, and I believe the same thing of Obama.
However, Obama promised change and we’re getting more of the same. Bush was notorious for senseless spending, (though he may not have been directly responsible, it sure didn’t help our economy). The stimulus bill proposes to fix the economy (which is in the state it’s in because of senseless spending) with more senseless spending.
What changed here, other than the faces?

“There should never be any polls about President Obama. The results will always be false do to all whites and their inherit racism.”
Deb,
I always hate this argument. All whites are not racist!!!!!!! Who makes Oprah number one? Who made Michael Jackson number one? Doesn’t every white kid dream of being the next Michael Jordan, Shaq, Randy Moss, etc., etc. How many black kids have white posters up in their bedrooms? We have a ways to go in this country, but most whites don’t see in black and white…we see in red, white, and blue!If we don’t believe in Obama’s policies we are automatically racist? No, we disagree with him because we don’t like the direction we are taking the nation!

An A. I can’t believe how much he’s been able to do in one short month. Some of the accomplishments might rate a B in ordinary times (?) but the opposition has been enormous. There are people who’d rather see the country sink than Obama succeed…and they LOVE to post comments online.

F-
Spending bill is a joke. No national banks. Why did we bail out banks and other ompanies when we have such a large defecit? What will happen to the home owners who can’t pay their monthly payment? Why are we allowing credit card companies to bilk millions of late charges,over limit fees. When you ask for help, you get a huge runaround.Why are our children, and grandchildren going to pay for the democrat spending bill? A trillion dollars spent ,for what.
Why was this bill passed without the house, and sentate members having time to read it before voting.Our president thinks highly of A. Lincoln. I think Lincoln would think Obama and the democratic party is a joke
Frustrated, and scared!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A+, I am very happy with the progress the president has made. It is too bad that the “cable chatter” reflects the opinion of the few. We need to instill confidence. The president is doing that in the town hall meetings. I sincerely hope our republican friends drop the politics; roll up their sleeves and give a hand.

I give the president an “A” for dealing with this country of whiners,who expect “instant gratification”. Another “A” for dealing with Republications who have forgotten that they are public servants. We did not them to washington to further their careers and to lay the foundation to feather their pockets.

A+ for Obama. Total opposite of the past 8 years of secrecy, lies and turning backs on anyone that isn’t kissing butt. Bob states the truth. The GOP sends me letters daily making fun of Obama and telling me not to back anything he says or does. This is not country first, but party first. We need the moderates on both sides to show everyone else how to behave like adults and many of you that complain and only look for the negative, you need to be more honest and respectful. Neither party is perfect and we the people are not perfect either… so lets start working on making our “country first” and not party rhetoric.

I give President Obama A-plus. I just
don’t see how he could do any better than he has been doing, given that Wall
Street and the GOP refuse to cooperate
with the Administration on general principles (or on racist principles?).
President Obama inherited a total mess,
but he’s waded right into it “full steam
ahead, damn the torpedoes”. His worst
problem is that most of us didn’t pay
attention to what appallingly corrupt
and irresponsible government we had for the past eight years, and now that we’re
rid of it (which makes the case for term
limits), we’re just waking up to OUR
negligence and looking for someone to
blame. The president should not be
that person. He needs everyone’s help,
and he deserves it.

I would grant PRESIDENT OBAMA an “A-”.
He is attempting solutions to MASSIVE PROBLEMS that he INHERITED: 8 years of Bush & laissez-faire economics, Bush & Republican faith in supply side economics, tax cuts for the richest Americans/borrowing to finance 2 wars, a general public attitude of “charge-it-now-pay-later”, Wall Street’s excesses. The list goes on and on.
PRESIDENT OBAMA is, at least, trying.

Monday, February 23, 2009
Hiddy,
I’ll give him an A and B.
He’s trying his best to fix the Economy,but the Republicans are ignoring him on a lot of stuff.
I’ll give him a B for trying very hard
to help people keep their homes. Also, trying very hard to help people’s homes for going to ‘Foreclosure.”
Sincerely,
Terry

AAAAAAA…..he’s intelligent, is quickly addressing both the economy and the deficit. He’s listening to the other side..but like he said, the majority has to be collaborative, the minority has to be constructive…the Republicans have a long way to go to learn that. My husband and I think the Republicans are already trying to run for the next election…they could learn something from Schwarzenegger!

IF MCclain had won, I wonder at what point he would be now. If President Oabama had not been agressive and tried so hard to start so many project to try and ease our problems, it will be a hard task to solve them all, but if any of these projects win, some of the die hards still would not give him credit, this is just the way of the world. I pray that he will be successful, because if he wins we all win.

A
President Obama has made a lot happen in his short time in office. He is focused on serving the people and not the party, which is the way every holder of public office should operate. I think he is genuine in his promise to transform our troubled economy and health care for americans. It will take time before the country determines if his economic strategy is successful.

I hope all you Obamanites wake up in time to save our nation! Look at the stock market! Check out what has happened to the economy not only here but around the world since the Democrats and Traitor Obama took over in 2006 and then in late 2008. Under Bush, when Republicans also controlled the Congess, we had nothing but prosperity! WAKE UP! Also we do not need this Traitor, Obama, to lead this great nation into socialism or worse!

At the very least he is incompetent.
Without question the worst president ever. Failure to reverse the 1999 Gramm/Clinton fiasco of banking laws; means that absolutely nothing but serious damage will result from the Pelosi stimulus package.
In less than a month he has destroyed American confidence and has failed to keep a single promise.

Hi,
Mr.President you will always receive 100% from me. I have ….. faith in you.
GOOOOOOD JOB!
Mrs first Lady…Have a WONDERFUL week!

A big FFFF for a big liar. Never have I watched a slicker, more deceitful politician. Going on a social visit to GOP leaders is not the same as a substantive meeting yet he continues to put on a show that makes him look good but is nothing. Just like his speeches, no substance. Without a prepared speech, the man has trouble even talking.

A- He came into a horrible mess and he has done more in one month than most presidents do in six months. Let’s give him a year and see how things shake out. Nothing will be solved in a month.

I give him an F.
1. Stimulus bill is filled with Pork
ie. rollback of requiring Welfare recipents to work, money for ACORN, marsh mouse in San Francisco etc. Our children and grandchildren will be paying for this.
2. Housing Proposal in which taxpayers bail out those in foreclosure especially in 5 states-California, Nevada, Arizona, Florida and Michigan- the first 4 states are the highest in illegal immigrants- so how many illegal immigrants with mortgages are we bailing out. Once again, ACORN will lead the way.
3. Tax cheats in his cabinet- they knew what they were doing in fact Daschle did not pay his taxes until this Jan after he was nominated for office.
4.Energy proposals will actually increase many costs to consumers.
5. Always talking about “Crisis” Bill Clinton is correct- the President needs to speak more positively.
6. Stock Market down almost 1500 points since Jan 20, 2009. The middle class who saved for retirement are losing everything. Every time he announces an economic policy the market sinks.

I would give President Obama an A+ and I support him 100%. During these difficult times we should all be trying to help those who are hungry and homeless.

It’s obvious that for the first time in 8 years we have a man at the helm that cares about the country and its people. I can only hope the Republicans stop the annoying political maneuvers to impede progress. Republican Governors refusing Stimulus money are certainly not looking out for their constituents. Republican Congress and Senate members acting along those lines will soon be cast aside and the promise of non-partisanism will be a thing of the past … again!

I do not trust President “O”- Obama. He has not been truthful in the past or present, and I do not think he has any intentions of demonstrating true integrity in the future. He is a real disapointment. He has no true Executive experience and has surrounded himself with nothing but past disapointments.

Grade A
I think he has done a masterful job at assessing the problems and putting into place the most informed minds on the state of the economy, and he has matched the problems with adequate funds to target the root causes of our economic decline while helping those most affected by it. I don’t expect perfection, but I think he has performed rather well.

Must give him and administration a BIG Fat “F”…..Have watched with great anxiety the stock market plunge to an all time low (since I have been in the market)….really thought the market would respond favorably to him being elected…but boy was I wrong..He has no clue what card to play next..no plans and clueless as to what he should do to solve the problems we face.

Overall grade – F
Passing the larger bill in history, filled with Democratic Pork, Socialist agenda that Pelosi and Reid have wanted for years. The bill that had to be passed immediately to save the country but no one was given the time to read it so the Democratic fools in Congress followed President Pelosi’s orders and signed it sight on seen. Now rampant inflation will follow. Grade “F”

America needs to remember that out of the last 28 years we have spent 20 years of that under republican Presidents. Some of the hardest economic times in recent history, as what we our in now, a result of G.W.Bush. The President we have now has inherited a broke, abused, beaten and mis managed house. It won’t be repaired over nite, in a week, month, or a year, but a least we have a man who is working harder than any other President in recent history. In my opinion he is my generations J.F.K. He hit the ground running right after the election, unlike Bush who was asleep at the wheel the last eight years

1) Force lenders to convert ARMs to 30-year Fixed Rate at Prime. Make ARMs illegal or cap them at Prime + 2% or 6% fixed, whichever is lowest. If anyone defaults after that, tough.
2) Get rid of mark to market asset evaluation for lenders.
3) Give over an appropriate portion (48%) of the porkulous bill to be used as the minority party sees fit and see whose works best.
4) Reduce the deficet by growing the economy and reducing government spending, not by allowing tax cuts to expire. Reducing taxes has ALWAYS stimulated the economy, even the Kenn3dy administration knew this fact and used it to thier advantage.
Otherwise I rate Obama a D.

This site gives a breakdown of grades on Obama

A-It has only been a month and our president is working harder to help the citizens of this country then any other president has ever done in their first month. Obama won the election, he is now our president,unfortunately many republicans refuse to accept this and are fighting him (or just verbally lashing him). We should all be working with him and giving him the chance to get us out of this mess.We could accomplish alot together, but the republicans want to keep the country divided to try and prove their point.I don’t know about any one else, but I am at a point in my life where any change for me would be better. So lets give a new approach a chance to work, the old approach certainly destroyed us. Stop being so hateful and fearful of change, give it all a chance to flow.

Grade A
President Obama is doing a great job so far. He cares about what happens to the regular people instead of 8 years pampering to the wealthy. I am very excited about our new president and I am praying for him everyday. It will take time and he will pull us out of this mess.

Hey all you negative people. If you don’t like Obama’s solution, lets try something different. Lets cut taxes. That should work!

If you are trying to grade him after literally 30 days on the job, you are an idiot.
We used to grade someone by the results of their performance. Now we grade their performance by our personal feelings.
Or whatever hate-spew is exploding out of Rush Limbaugh’s Krakatoa mouth.
And that is the result of 8 years of Republicans tearing this nation at the seams.

Quit blaming Bush for what is clearly fault of the Democrats, especially the likes of Frank, Pelosi, and Reid, who have been in charge since 2006. Bush had 6 years of great prosperity until these Democrats took over in 2006. You cannot argue with this truth. Now since Obama has taken over this have only gotten much worse!
Obama and Democrats get an F!
Foolish, Funny, Fake, Failed, Flip, Famished, Funky, Fat, False, Finks, etc.

I can’t beleive the postings that I am reading! It is really sad at the people that we have living here in the United States. You all want him to fail so bad that you can’t accept the fact of the possible good that will or might come out of this. You all can’t accept the fact that this is an intelligent Black Man that is trying to make things better for EVERYONE. Hell, I give this man a chance, he can’t mess this up no worse than they all ready are!

I’d give President an A+. There has never ever been so much politcal talk amongst the fellas on the block. This is the first time in a long time regular guys,from a hiphop perspective,are actually interested in the outcome of government legistlation. Thanks to the ARRA, there is now great anticipation that there will soon be more jobs available with wich they’ll be able to sustained there families.

GRADE A+
I believe President Barack Obama has done a outstanding job with all that has been left from the previous
administration mess.He has reached his hand to all in getting there questions answere.This is not going to be easy but if WE all do our part WE can get through this.My family is looking at America differntly in believing we can become stronger at home and abroad.The stimulus package had to done there are to many Amercicans out of work,lost of home,heath care and those everyday essentials for living.It is not easy but WE MUST WORK TOGETHER NOT APART!!!

McDuff,
Thank you for proving me right and grading me based on your personal feelings.

I give the President AAAAAAAAAAAAA.

Come on people!!!!…He can;t do any worst than the last 8 yrs with Bush!!!…He’s only had a month on the job…I believe in him,,,I know he will turn our terrible situation around…He is determined and I feel he is very trust-worthy–He gets an AA++ in my book!!!!!

In his ability to lie and deceive the American public, I’d give him an A.
On what he’s actually done- F. I thought we had a financial crisis – I guess not enough to keep from sending American tax dollars around the world to pay for abortions. The stimulus bill is a joke. His press conference was lie after lie as he droned on and on ad nauseum taking questions from “friendly” press who challenged him on nothing. My favorite lie so far (although there are so many now) is that there is NOT ONE SINGLE EARMARK in the stimulus package. Too bad we have an American public asleep at the wheel and too ignorant to see what’s going on.

I give him a strong A- What a brath of fresh air he is after the fetid Bush Administration.

I forgot to give my grade. I think I would give Obama a B. He is trying. For those talking about God and our country. won’t you join me to make “In God we trust” impostent? I circle it on the back of each dollar bill I get. And underline God boldly. Some of you might have came accross one at one point. God bless!!!

Considering that he came into a mess created from others poor leadership and decisions. He has a B. It is not surprising that the ones who have created the issues, have their hands tight in their laps. I live in a state that is #3 in the nation for unemployment and no one seems to care.

We give President Obama an A+ especially with the state of the economy and all the other things that was left from the previous administration. We know that it will take all of us pulling together and with God’s help to get our country back to where it needs to be. God’s richest blessings to President Obama and his family.

I give President Barack Obama an ‘A+’. He has handled the ecomony crisis with grace and style I have never seen before. He is calm and smiles even when he probably feels like doing just the opposite. Keep up the good work, Mr. Obama. You are a shining example for the rest of us.

Alec…
You have got to be kidding along with all you other Obamanites. Check the economy, check the stock market. Both are reacting to all that Obama and the Democrats have been doing now for the 2 years they have been in control. Wake up! Get real! As for how we should give this clown a chance, I ask, do you mean like you yo-yos gave Bush a chance? I thought so! You know what you can do!

President Obama gets an “A”.
For those of you who are pissed off about paying for the mortgage/finance meltdown, please put the blame squarely on the last administration. They had hoped that things would fall apart after they left office, as life would have it, the mess started unraveling last summer. The GOP looked the other way with regulating YOUR money, while squandering the surplus President Clinton left on an invasion of Iraq that was misnamed “a war on terror.” Hello, where is Bin Laden? NOT IN IRAQ.
Yes ALL of us and our children (including the adorable Obama young ones) will be paying for this bankrupt country, while the GOP keeps offering up inept leaders who when the market tanked after Lehman failed, thought the fundamentals of the economy were “okay.” (Sen. McCain)
Fixing this economy is going to be LONG and painful and NOT this administration’s fault. There are NO easy solutions as there is no one to borrow from to ease this severe injury that is being felt in EVERY country on the planet. Do any of you who are criticizing pay attention to international affairs?
Blaming President Obama for attempting to fix (piece by piece) the US, rather than blame Pres Bush/Cheney for the careless handling of the economy for the last 8 years is more stupid than Governor Palin stating she can see Russia from her backyard.
GROW UP PEOPLE!

I’d give our new President a B+, but there is always room for improvement

Be sure to catch Bobby Jindal’s response after Obama’s speech.
It promises to be interesting.

Obama gets an F!
Do I hope his socialist policies fail? You bet, but I’m not realy worried because Socialism has already been proven to fail all over the world. This is not its first time around the block. The best part is that when it fails and it will, we will get the Presidency and Congress back in the hands of the only sensible Party, The Republicans, in this great country, . Then we can get back to prosperity like we had for 6 years under Bush before the Dems took over in 2006!

USSA (United Socialist States of America), gee I thought I thought of that, maybe many people realize where Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Rangle, Schumer and other Left Wing nutcase Socialists are leading this country. These Democrats are egotistical, arrogant and in bed with special interests. When no one will buy the Bonds created by the Stimilus package (the Chinese aren’t that foolish to buy them) wild inflation will follow.

I can’t believe people and their opinions. Many people have short term memories, thinking that it was President Obama that got this country into this mess. IT WAS NOT, IT WAS BUSH! Give Bush the F, if you must. Give President Obama a chance…at least he is trying to do something instead of nothing. I give him an AAA+. He knows exactly what is going on and trying desperately to work with the stupid GOP, who seem to be like ‘cry babies’ and not ‘want to play.” How pathetic the GOP are! There are no words for the GOP. GO PRESIDENT OBAMA! I know you will succeed and do great things for this country and the world!

“F” in EVERY subject!!!

F-. That about says it all. If something or someone doesn’t do something to stop the out-of-control spending by the White House, this country will never recover from where these idiots are taking it. So far the loss I’ve had is mind-boggling,and I know I’m not alone. I don’t understand why Obama and his cohorts think the right thing for this country is socialism. I don’t believe any of our congressmen and women give a tinker’s damn about anybody but themselves. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, BARNIE FRANK, Chuck Shumer just to name a few.

An Absolute F. You cannot borrow yourself out of a debt induced economic downturn. He will ruin the US.

I think he deserves an A for forging ahead swiftly against formidable odds on the economy, and for taking on the obstructionist Republicans with style!

I know this next statement is so unreal. But I think we need to quit being separated. We are one country. We need to quit blaming Bush and Obama for our problems. There is no way to please everyone. There are going to be problems no matter who is in office. We lived through Clinton and his publicity, Bush and his father, we will certainly get through Obama. I voted for McCain and Palin. But they lost and we need to get over it. Don’t forget “In God we trust” God Bless!!!

I give Barack Obama an A.
He is doing everything possible
to deal with the terribly unregulated and ignored greed on Wall Street he inherited from the previous administration.
He is speaking with experts in the
field of economics, inviting his strongest critics in Congress to the White House to ask him questions and have dialog with them. He’s doing a very good job in a dismal economic time. My hope is that he will have an opportunity to address some of the vital issues he campaigned on: health care reform, green technology, education, etc. Keep up the good work, President Obama!
AZlady61

Im 48 years old , i have never seen such a mess, in our country , and never have i have seen such a leader, as our leader today, Mr. President you have done more in thirty days than the last President did in eight years,,i remember youe wife saying for once she was was proud of our country ,, i can relatate to that as a marine vet ,, i cried that night when you won ,, i was proud of my country … thank you you get a A+

I believe Obama is doing a good job in times my generation and the generation before me only slightly remembers. The programs are going to take some time. I believe there is a gap in the Stimulus Bill for those that have already foreclosed/filed bankrupsy/ruined credit before his administration. My husband and I have struggled. I have to believe that many Americans are facing years of ruined credit. It makes it almost impossible to recover.

This president is a breath of fresh air. He talks to the American people, explains what he is doing and attempting. He thinks first, then puts plans into action. He solicits opinions and advice from all members of Congress, industry, military – every segment that is affected. I wish our representative would get off their entrenched ways of looking at the government and their own personal agendas and put this country first. I give him an A. I can not see what more this single man could be doing to help the problems he was handed by the past adminstrations.

A
I trust him. He is open and genuine. I believe he is doing the best he can to solve the problems left him by the previous administration. Our current crisis is clearly the result of deregulation gone amok.

I give Obama a B. Now the stimulus package I give a F. All of you who are for the package, you probably got it made or are getting a part of this package. But for us that appose the package, we are not getting help. We have no hope in spending money that we don’t have then over time we will have to pay it back too. For myself and my family. we see people losing their jobs and not being able to pay bills. But on top of all this. Obama is not completly in control. God is above all else. God is number ONE. If we as a country put our faith in God, we will get through anything and everything. So remember “In God we trust” God Bless!!!

I think he is really living up to the change we need. For keeping his word, I give him an A+. For creating hope and delivering the good hard work that a president should be doing (and what we have been missing for so many years) I give him an A. For his atitude, his sincerity, and his transparency, an A+. Of course he isn’t perfect, but he is refreshing, honest, down to earth, and hard working. Overall, it would be an A+, please keep up the hard work, but DONT GIVE ANY MONEY TO THE CAR INDUSTRIES, THEY DID THIS TOO THEMSELVES AND IF IT TAKES BANKRUPTCY TO FINALLY FIX THEIR COMPANIES THAN SO BE IT, THIS IS THEIR OWN FAULT, DONT PAY THEM TO KEEP CORRUPTING THIER BUSINESSES! They need to learn their lesson, and they obviously have not handled their comapnies well in a changing world, they saw it coming and if they didnt, they need to go into bankruptcey- its not like the company will crash, it’s just going to be reorganized and structured into a more efficient, modernized industry. Giving them money is rewarding their stupidity and delaying productive business

All I see from people is blaming or admiring a President, 1 man. To me, many members of Congress need to be removed to make this country great again. As far as Obama, I wish I could rescind my vote for him.

President Obama is a great President and a great Leader who has a heart for all people. I voted for George Bush in the 2000 and 2004, was an undecided in 2008 until I listened to talk radio and heard the hate that was being spewed over the air about stopping the Obama express. It did not work, nor did the hate McCain, Palin ad’s work. I proudly voted for and worked in Mr. Obama’s campain .Now that he’s elected you want him to be a perfect being, he is not.
” Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
Therefore whoever resist authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and those who have opposed will recieve condemnation on themselves.
Like it or not, God has His hand on President Obama’s life and his Presidency. Pray for and encourage President Obama and trust God.
I give President Obama an “A” and pray for him daily.

I grade President Obama first 100 weeks in office a C+
I see this grade because I think what he is doing for the housing issue is good but I have one problem with the bailing out banks and of all homeowners. It is nobody’s fault that they loose their jobs but it is your fault if you get in over your head! But the homeowners are not the only ones that are being laid off what about the people such as me that pay rent to a homeowner. People who own apartment buildings they are being foreclosed on too. If our credit is bad from loosing jobs and you can only afford to pay rent? Then your landlords loose their property… and have to get out of the property the landlord has lost? What happens to us tax paying citizens? Is it just the hell with us (are we the new slum dogs?)I have been laid off since 1994 working odd jobs whatever I can get and I am a tax payer too since I was 14 years old working in the USA… who is going to help people like me. I cannot get food stamps, medical card, nothing! These are my taxpaying dollars too. All spot lights are on the homeowners? Are you kidding me? What the hell is going on in this country we are all taxpayers and all of our monies are being spent not just the homeowners taxpaying dollars everybody’s taxpaying dollars who has worked all of their lives…and you wonder why people that have worked all their lives and have paid taxes wind up homeless? This has happen to me twice now I am living with my brother for 4 years now because I have been ruined by this credit crunch yet lost of income go USA! with me trying to better myself, a senior in college with financial aid and unemployment benefits getting ready to run out not sure I will be able to graduate because of no financial aid? I am for sure that I am going to end up on the street a third time remember there are no jobs in the USA go USA! who is going to help people like me who has no dependents never had children Just myself have worked all of my life, the same age as the President and cannot support themselves with the profession I am great at…yet cannot find a decent paying job? Although I was volunteering for my youth organization thus working for Cincinnati Public Schools, I just keep on trying who is going to help us hard working people who cannot get any bailouts and or benefits? Who! Hey MR President HELP US TOO OK Help US TOO!
In 1999 I start a youth organization call BLAD4KIDS it was somewhat good but we could never get funding although we felt successful with no finding, youth in my areas had something positive to do yet plus me at least being able to pay rent stay off the streets feel safe in my country yet got to feel what it was like to earn a paycheck I say this once again…anyways me and my mom started BLAD Talent Agency for KIDS Non Profit Organization with my our money. my mom who is now deceased worked vey hard with me asking small businesses in the communities to support our programs for kids in the inner cities of Cincinnati, Ohio. Things were great then 1996. Today, all those business are now closed down, Minorities in the community are now homeless these individuals had businesses. Way to go America way to go! I have decided to still struggle to keep my non profit youth programs going. I know that this is my dream and I am going to take it to my grave trying to help youth job salary or no job salary. But inform our president to think about this situation of people who cannot get any help with homeownerships and or bank bailouts that have paid taxes all their lives too. This too also adds drastically to the US homeless population. Their use to be social services agencies that people like me and other people like me that were off work, got sick and or have lost their jobs no matter how… could go to, agencies in the community for rental assistance programs to help you pay your rent to your landlord who is also a homeowner? These social services would send a check…monies to your landlord to help you stay off the street until you got on your feet and found work.
This is going to be a mission of mine once I get BLAD back on its feet. Hold fundraisers for rental assistance programs to help people in our communities that get hit with drastic hardship yet has no one to go to. BLAD one day is going to be there for them. What has happen to our country? Will things every change? Will we ever have things like afterschool programs for youth other than tutoring programs, all year long for inner city youth to have something to do they love like dancing singing, sports with funding other than getting a hold of guns and kill each other? I have and know a lot of youth that love philanthropy. This is what I had a lot youth doing philanthropy. With or without funding, performing in community professional programs/summer camps
our kids in inner city urban areas needs something other than going to school all year long going to art classes do get me wrong which is good too but can becomes boring, playing tennis & golf stuff these inner city kids cannot afford to do can get opportunities again like going to camp and more.
I know about 3000 kids in Cincinnati Ohio that love to model, dance, act, sing, write music, learn to play music, needs & are looking for something positive to do. Mr. President needs to find something fun for the youth to-do!
Sign

A++++++
Facing the hard decisions and tough choices with grace and determination, not backing down from partisan Republican schoolyard bullies, and demonstrating leadership and courage…

F
Broke his very first promise he set while he was campaigning. He said that the very 1st day in office he would meet with the Joint Cheifs of Staff about ending the war in Iraq (He obviously didn’t). My question is where was ABC News reporting on this? No where to be found.

The stimulus package is promising, although I am disappointed that the money isn’t going toward housing projects, and that it isn’t going directly toward New Orleans and other Katrina-stricken areas.
In terms of foreign policy, I am a lot more disheartened. I’m glad he’s closing down Guantanamo and other secret prisons/black sites (although “short term” holding facilities are still okay), but rendition is still being practiced. This means that the government can kidnap anyone they want with no actual prisons and can be shipped to foreign lands to be tortured. It would be different if this rendition policy would be carried out on the caveat that the suspected terrorists would recieve a fair trial. Such as it is, I would prefer Guantanamo to stay open, as opposed to shipping people off to other countries, so at least there would be some amount of accountability, however slight that is.
Our own legal system is up to the task of prosecuting terrorists. Look at the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Six people were prosecuted and convicted. Having transparent trials on US soil makes the country stronger; it’s not a caving in to terrorists and it reinforces our highest ideals.

Wootsie- I agree with you. If we won’t trust the God who created us. How can we expect God to get us out of trouble if we were to get into any. “In God we trust”

Is there a lower grade than F? That’s what he gets in my “class”…

I will NEVER give this man or whatever he is a chance….do you all want socialism???? Do you want the government’s nose in everything you do? I’ve worked hard all my life – Obama’s going to take it all away to give it to the “less fortunate” who haven’t worked a day in their lives…

I give him a “D” for effort but he has the wrong ideology and he is not the right man for the job. I am sure that he is trying his best.

I give President Obama a B+. After the Getner, tax issue incident, I would not have expected to have anyone else resign due to similiar issues or because they hadn’t figured out that they didn’t agree idealogically with the direction of the administration. The veting process definitely broke down. That being said, given all that he inherited, and the speed to which his administration moved to get the stimulus package through, hosting the fiscal summit, introducing the housing stimulus package, and more to be revealed, I think he’s done a tremendous job. Now that he’s given us a clear picture of the state that the nation is in, I would like to see him go back to speaking of how great American is and that “We Can” move beyond where we are now. He’s got to be a cheer leader to help the country move forward psychologically as well as fiscally. I also think he needs to help people understand that drastic and difficult times require drastic difficult measures. The nationalization of several under performing banks for a regrouping period of 2, 3, 4 years doesn’t mean that the measure has to be permanent. Perhaps nationalizing a few of the worst banks will be a deterant to ensure that moving forward banks better manage their assets, risks, and their overall business plans.

Given the mess that Obama inherited and that he has only been in office one month, I would give him an A-/B+.
He used the time during the transition to be able to hit the ground running and he has stayed connected and involved. I think among the smartest things he has done is going to places like Indiana and Fort Meyers, Florida — places where he did not win the vote — and reach out to Republican voters who are voting even as Republicans in the House and most in the Senate refused to support his agenda.
Obama has surrounded himself with very smart people and he himself is a very intelligent man.
Unfortunately, we are in an economic ditch that took a long time to dig and I think that it will take a long time to recover from it. And Americans need to prepare for a long road to hoe.

War: B: Better than expected on the war.
Economy: FFFFF— Just look at the stock market since he was nominated. He wants to raise the corporate tax rate. What? Goodbye 401k (for good maybe).
Bi-partisanship: F (He meets w/Republicans, but ignores what they have to say; he’s basically a Pelosi puppet).
Social Policy: F (I don’t want my tax dollars paying for abortions)

Thanks so much for those of you that choose to stay in the positive zone.I read your messages,and again felt overjoyed by your kind words and prayers.Our President have the tough decisions to make,and at times I would not understand them.I just know that I know…that is…”Our Heavenly Father is in control of all of it” God bless President Obama,America and the world.

This man has done more to help this country in one month than Bush did in 2 terms…I give him an A. Oh, and the GOP needs to be exiled.

He gets an F!! Just look at the stock market. Also the pork that is in the “stimulus” bill- unacceptable for someone who said they would go through and cut all the pork. His appointments have been unacceptable. If I filed those tax returns, I would have been hounded to pay tax and multiple penalties.

I think he’s doing a great job. I give him an A.

He’s the best president in my (long) lifetime. He’s doing about as well as I expected, given the economic and political challenges.

F!!
Worst ever

I give him a B+
An A would be perfect and I don’t think even Pres. Obama would give himself an A.
TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GIVING OUT F’S
YOU WOULD HAVE GIVEN OUT AN F ON DAY 1.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WERE COMPLAINING HE WASN’T DOING ENOUGH BEFORE JANUARY 20.
AS I RECALL YOUR KIND WAS BLAMING HIM FOR THE RECESSION ON NOV 5.

I give President Obama a D and if you wonder why, just watch Wall Street. Ever since he came into office everything has been going down because of his “brilliant” ideas. His “smart” decisions first became evident when he chose to make most of his cabinet full of thieves. Above all this, he wants to fix our economy with their help!! Please stop wining Mr.President about what you “inherited.” You were the one who was dieing to be in this position. The proper way to be a leader is to look to the future instead of lament over the past.

1. Increase our national debt by 1 trillion in just one month with a bill full of pork, pork and more pork. You can change the name all you want, pork=earmarks=DC bussines and usual.
2. Looking to nationalize some Banks. Isn’t that Socialism?
3. Cut the military funding. Right, let’s ask our service members to do the same job with less. Believe it or not that is what is going to happen.
I give Obama a big fat F.

Score D: STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY ON TOTALLY UNPRODUCTIVE ITEMS AND LET THE MARKET WORK.

Wow, I am in shock at the wool that has been pulled over so many people’s eyes. Come on ABC News, why don’t you report the facts without your liberal slant? He deserves an F. He has spent an inconcievable amount of money that our children and grandchildren will be paying off their entire lives. It was incredibly irresponsible, there wasn’t even enough time for congress to read the bill! Speed should not have been more important that accuracy when spending that amount of money.
Handing out money to people who can’t pay their mortgages? Ridiculous. Redistributing the wealth? Disgusting. His cabinet is an embarrassment. Transparancy? Yeah, right. Bipartisanship? Zero!
He has lied over and over and he is heading this country in a very scary direction.
By the way, Mr. Obama, it’s time to leave campaign-mode. Actually, I guess that’s how you fool these people into approving of your actions…

President Obama should receive a grade of A for his efforts thus far. It is evident that he has forged ahead with the assurance he made during the campaign to work diligently for the betterment of the human condition in this country. The legislation he has proposed and gotten passed over the past four weeks is bold, for drastic times call for drastic measures, and these are drastic times. Although the direction he’s attempting to take America is obvious to those of us who voted him into office, it’s apparent that those of the opposition are unwilling to accept or unable comprehend his position and from the look of the posted blogs of those who oppose him it seems to be the presence of far more of the latter. Here’s a suggestion; a course in writing composition may foster more understanding and less resistance. Surely the issue isn’t race.

I give him an F-
Why?
First of all, he is one of the biggest liars I have ever seen. How can he promise to lower national debt when we are paying trillions for a bailout? Take the troops out of Iraq? The day he takes the troops out of Iraq before they are strong enough to stand on their own feet, they will be overcome by the Taliban and we’ll be looking and a second and LARGER 9/11.
Not only this but he is slowly but surely making the U.S. a socialist country. In one of his speeches, he blamed sources that criticize the government for the problems we are in. Come on, a democracy is built upon criticism. We are supposed to take the criticism we receive and constantly be reforming the government for the better. If he wanted to live in a country with no criticism, maybe he should have become the Prime minister of the USSR or Iran.
And all the people who believe this is a problem of race, they are just stupid. Here is one African American completely AGAINST Obama.

He looks good and talks good but so do good used car salesman. So I am not paying to much attention to what he is saying but I am watching what is does. And so far he hasn’t done anything that looks smart to me. Except communicate well. Promise one thing and do what ever they want anyway. The list is to long for this note.

I am ashamed of what he is doing. Turns out they were right, he is a socialist. He gets a D for dishonesty for all his selections of tax cheats.

Overall I give him an F
I am not one of the 60+% that approve.
For Stimulus Package: F
We all know that any package will take a couple of years for us to see the results, so why then rush to get this broken package passed? My guess is to get some other funding pushed through before anyone really took a good look at it and discovered there is a lot of waste. With all this additional spending being added to the cost of the war on terror how can he really believe he will have the deficit reduced or even eliminated in 4 years. That is some real fuzzy math that we will all have to pay for.
Cabinet Selection D-
His lack of experience is really beginning to show. Our best option to recover is to enpower the people not the government.
Military Planning D
One thing everyone seems to forget is imediately after 9-11, President Bush predicted that it would take 10 years to win this war.

I haven’t read all the comments but I am appalled at the 14 y/o spelling. Yes, I know we have had this ‘no child left behind’ but I sure don’t agree with them being promoted without knowing anything.
Does anyone remember 9/11/2001? We were attacked by terrorists! 12/7/1941, we were attacked by Japan. If we don’t stay strong, we will be gone!
As far as Obama, I will admit he wants to help, but I disagree with his advisors, btw, Bush advisors steered him wrong in some areas too. We had a stimulus bill when Bush was in office and now the same people are coming back wanting more. Has our welfare system gone to big banks and big companies now?I am an independent contractor that was laid off in Oct. and I don’t qualify for anything. No unemployment, no bailout. I’m glad I paid for my modest home years ago, hopefully I won’t lose it to taxes now. Now my grandkids and great grandkids will have to pay off a stimulus bill that I am not getting one cent of. I think we are in for a rough road for some time to come. I’ll give him a D.

Did we ask that Question 33 days into the Bush’s presidency? or saint Regan’s for that matter,who in is first month in office managed to have broken the back of the air fraffic controllers’ union?
Give the man a chance he is bright, has surrended himself with capable, dedicated people and he has a genuine concern for the well being of this country. By the way I would rate it a B+, so far.

i give him an A-. it would be an A+ except he did not require the congressional Democrats/Nancy Pelosi the have Republicans in the initial meetings. admittedly i am not sure they would have been a positive force, but it is completely inappropriate to have left them out and now it has become a divisive issue in the public discourse which only muddies the water and distracts us from the important issues. he should have stepped in since Pelosi wasn’t smart enough to do it herself
i have tremendous confidence in the plan. after all, virtually every economist says tax cuts are not going to do it. i saw 3 Nobel prize winning economists Sunday morning all agree the package is the right thing to do. beyond that, i am appalled that we have many politicians can only see 2 years out and we need a longer vision and Obama is consistently the only one talking long term.
i am very impressed he continues to extend a hand to diverse interest groups. i certainly don’t remember that happening in the last 8 years. it is refreshing and hopeful.
i am a registered member of the republican party & i am troubled that we as a party seen determined to do everything we can to make Obama fail. where have the patriots gone who put America first. How have extremists like Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter & John Boehner become the Republican standard beaers. i can not help but notice that many of the people giving Obama low grades seen to have no memory of the terrible job Bush did that landed us here. talk about revisionist history. Yikes
i am troubled that we are not working together as a country at a time it is essential. that Obama is trying against insurmountable odds to do the right thing for the country and still treats people with respect that do not show that same respect to him is remarkable. he is smart, gracious and genuinely wanting to do the right thing for America. he is also determined to make sure the money is spent honestly and has a team to audit the process…..definitely an A

A

The cleanest politician since Abraham Lincoln.If only we could all support him in these trying times, and put aside petty idealogical differences for the betterment of the country.I will give him an “A” for his sincerity and desire to do good for us all.

the president is doing a perfect job to help the economy he is not by him self the god in heaven is with him, the my grade for the president is an A plus

I give Obama an A.I see that he is really trying to turn economy,health care issues as well as many other things around.When Bush was in office I wasn’t really following the news so much but it didn’t seem like Bush put all his effort into his job while Barack Obama is and he is listening to everyone who writes him,reads all the letters.Overall I think he’s doing a wonderful job and I pray that he will keep up the great work to turn the USA nation to become a better place to live.

I give our new president an A. He has rolled up his sleeves and gotten to work; has stayed focused and undeterred by the political tantrums the republicans seem to be throwing on a daily basis, and, best of all, in spite of the severity of the economic crisis, he has moved on many other fronts (or combined efforts to move on more than one level while addressing the economy) to meet his commitments to us on climate, energy, torture, and health care. May I also say Michelle Obama gets an A A A A for warmth, effort, and style! So, to all you republicans out there, eat your hearts out! We have a great president and all you have is a bitter, crabby McCain angry because he thinks those should have been HIS overpriced helicopters!!

I give Obama a A + + + (Plus Plus Plus)… He has proven that politicians can do what they promise during the campaign (Thank God), he is a man of his word, and please all you calling this plan of action and President Obama a Socialist need to go back to school…

F. Never has a president done more harm in less time. The markets know it, and the media is complicit.

Back again..
All of you who rate this administration a complete failure…it has been just over 30 days! By the way, the President cannot “fire” Bernanke. Did you pay attention in history class? The cabinet “wrought with corruption” – they haven’t been there long enough to be “wrought” with anything. What nonsense. Any “grade” is not realistic – too short a time. If you like him, great. If not, that’s OK too. With any President, Americans have to wait (something we are not good at doing). The market is clearly overreacting, and by the way, any policy that any President creates takes much longer to have any effect. It is a marathon. All of you “patriotic” folks out there need to know that patriotism means support of you country – stop bickering and start working together.

F Its deja vue the Jimmy Carter Administration

Reading all the posts, it is clear that most of the responses come from highly partisan individuals. A grade of A is not justified, neither is a grade of F.
I would give Obama a B-. He made some mistakes is his cabinet selections, and I think the “stimulus” bill was rushed and contains too much pork. But we must remember that the congress is the body that writes the lesligation and spends the money. No president will ever be able to eliminate all pork or wastefull spending. Only the voters can do that by changing congress.
I believe Obama is trying to include Republicans in the decision making by talking with them, but Democrats in the House and Senate are ignoring the Republicans, just as the Republicans used to ignore the Democrats.
We just reelected 380 of the 400 members of the house who ran for reelection. And that is not change.
I don’t agree with some of Obama’s policies, but i didn’t agre with some of Bush’s either. I think he is trying to do what he thinks is best for the country. It’s to early to judge how his presidency will turn out. Wait a year and then ask this question again.

I would have to give him a B. I think on a purely objective basis he has got more accomplished legislatively than any other President in a very short time since FDR. Although it does help to have a large majority in the House. In the Senate you only have an advantage if you have 60 votes. His squeaking a victory out of the Senate on the Stimulus, whether you like it or not, was still impressive. The stimulus could only be bipartisan if you wanted Obama to give up core values. Obama and other Dems, however, did all the compromising for Republicans many of which still did not vote for the bill. I still give the stimulus an A.
What has dragged him how to a B in my view were the cabinet stumbles. Why on earth would you choose a Republican for a department that housed census without exposing your scheme to move it into the White House?
I also agree with Bill Clinton that Obama needs to tell the American people that times are tough and they are going to get tougher BUT America is going to bounce back. Recessions are highly psychological and me be fought on the fundamentals and the Psyche.

I’d say a D. He proclaimed change in Washington that he’ll never be able to accomplish. Bi-partisan? I’m sorry the poor Republicans were not even given a copy of the stimulus bill to read. He knows all the pork and BS attached to a bill that will cost hard working, reponsible Americans in the future, and he still signed it.

hes a complete a failure im ashamed that america would even hire this thug fffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

I would give him a D.

I give our President a “D”. Only if had kept a few of his promises, then he would have earned at least a “C”, at this point. I understand that he has only been in office a month. But, his expectations for his administration was to hit the ground running. Therefore, we “citizens” expect the same high expectations and standard from him. You know, “what good for the goose is good for the gander”.

A- Only slip was that brief period when the Administration tried to be concilliatory to the Republicans – obviously they shouldn’t have bothered!

I give him an F. He has been disingenuous and the Obama worshipers are too lazy or stupid to notice. All of that crap about looking out for the lower and middle class went right out the window when he decided to allow this pork filled spending bill through without even reading it. It isn’t the poor and middle class getting the money, it’s the CEOs and the banks. He’s a liar like every other politician.
I hope Chris Matthews still has that tingling sensation up his leg, ’cause those of us that don’t know whether we can pay our bills in a year after he drives our economy into the ground have a warm icky sensation down ours.

I’m sure its me but it seems that females (NOT ALL FEMALES) but the majority of females give the President high grades. Hmmmmm, if he was 60lbs heavier, 20 years older & bald how would he rate?
Some examples………………
Posted by: Sharonkatheen
I would give him an A-. He is not perfect, but he working very hard to keep the promises he made. President Obama is a very intelligent man and he seems to have a good sense of balance. These two things don’t always walk hand in hand, but it appears he has been blessed with both.
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YES GOOD BALANCE, HE HASN’T FALLEN YET!HOW DO HANDS WALK TOGETHER?
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Posted by: Cathy
A he’s holding the optimism through this tough time. He’s positive, moving ahead, reaching out, and regularly stops to remind us that it’s not supposed to be easy. He has a plan, and moving forward. It would be wrong to judge harshly so soon.
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OPTIMISM? POSITIVE? ARE WE LOOKING AT THE SAME PRESIDENT?
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Posted by: Dolores L.
I give Obama a F for FANTASTIC. An A for AMAZING.
He is a good person, and working hard President!!!
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WORKING HARD PRESIDENT? DOLORES WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?????SHAME!!!
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Posted by: Michelle
I give President Obama an A. It’s clear that his administration is taking great steps to steer this country (i.e., the economy) into the right direction.
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WELL DOWN IS A DIRECTION! MICHELLE, DOES YOUR LAST NAME BEGIN WITH THE LETTER “O” ?
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Posted by: Rhonda Davis
Obama is “bringing needed change to Washington,
a+
he has a calming nature and ability to make us laugh in hard times…great smile that makes us smile and feel hope for the days ahead
keep up the great work Mr. President
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CALMING NATURE? LIKE AN AIR RAID SIREN! RHONDA I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON ONE THING, EVERYTIME OBAMA SPEAKS, I LAUGH!
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DARYL W. POST
IRVING, NEW YORK
I feel that the Next Stimulutus Bills Should for Entertainment and GAS PRICES to make the Gas Prices in the United States cheapest ever. I feel on Enterainment and Travel Destinatioons because the United states need a place to relax and entertainment for laugher Because with out laughter This is not the United States/
AS for Gas I feel that People would travel more and go places more and enjoy the Summer months More.

FFFFF The only thing the stimulous
package is going to effect is the National Dept and PORK projects.Then Obama has the nerve to say he’s wants to cut the National Dept in half.Obama is full of PORK.All he has done is make the econmy worst.

C- ..Pres. Obama has had a rocky start. He named four people to his cabinet that hadn’t paid their own taxes. He pushed a so called stimulus package with crap like $400 million dollars for sexually transmitted diseases in it( just WHAT are we stimulating?. He banged his head getting on a helicoptor AND tried to open a window thinking it was a door. Imagine the news coverage if Bush had done that ! Media bias will get him through this rough start.

I give Pres. Obama a SOLID A+. Obama has done more in one month than George Dubya has done in his entire presidency. Pres. Obama is a strong leader who is honest, open and trustworthy. He inspires me to do better everyday and we really need someone like that in the White House. I’m proud to have Obama as my president.
And to all you idiots giving him an F, I would like to see you get up there and tackle the very troubling issues of today. You wouldn’t be able to handle it so don’t even talk.

Wow! Tough room! It’s good to see people are comparing Liberalism to a mental disorder?? The course President Obama has set forth for our nation is more along the lines of Keynesian economics (look it up). Republican economic theory is what contributed to us being in this predicament in the first place. I give Obama a solid A!

I will give the President the letter grade A, He ask for 900billion the house of representatives and Congress trimmed it down to 787billion, President O’bama is taking what he gets and he working with it.
Took President O’bama one month to get it signed design for the people, health reform, state programs, education program, tax breaks, rebates, etc.
Took President Bush one week to get his signed design for most wealthiest, banker, creditors, wallstreet, and corporations, with the two put into action we will Recover by 2012 fully.

Difficult to give Obama a grade on HIS performance, perhaps it is his lack of executive experience but he has let his underlings run the show which happens a lot to inexperienced executives. He has not been transparent with his nominees, but we knew when he picked Biden (whom he has already made fun of in a press conference – which was strange to see a President ridicule his VP. quote “Who knows what Joe is thinking?” smirk-smirk)that he was probably being told who to pick from the party. Why else would he pick someone who said “Finally we have a black man who is articulate and clean.” as Joe Biden said. So excusing his inexperience, and blaming his nominees on party picks it would be the lies he told that would determine the grade. He said he would close Gitmo then he put a time limit on it that was the same time limit the Bush administration had said they would need to close it. He said he would beef up the troops in Afghanistan and then again used the same troop deployment that the Bush administration had announced months earlier. He said he would bring back troops from Iraq and then decided on a longer time period than the Bush administration had suggested. So I count three bigs lies right off the bat. That puts him at best a D. If his party would let him alone and stop being so partisan then he might do better. Oh wait he said no more partisanship – oops another lie. That makes a F.

I give him an “A”. He’s doing the best he can with the mess left by George W.

Make that 4 tax cheats. Geithner, Solis, Kelliher and Daschle.
Lied about earmarks, over 9400 in budget
Lied about Lobbyists, plenty to go round
Lied about business as usual, H Clinton, J. Biden, T Dasche, etc.
Lied about transparancy, Stimulus passed without public view
Lied about bi-partisianship, house Repulicans had no say in crafting the S package
Give him an L for Liar

President Obama is an Awesome President and has earned an A++ ! In the extremely short time he’s been in office, he’s wasted no time addressing the horrendous problems facing our nation, and has made progress on his campaign promises as well. He is a man of great integrity, skill, and intelligence. Truly a President for the people. He really does get it! I trust him to make the tough decisions and do what is necessary to pull our nation back on its feet, and do what is right for our country. God Bless you President Obama and God Bless America!

Now I know why Obama gave no details on his socialistic plans during the campaign. It would have shown how inexperienced and stupid he really is.
His spending in just a few weeks is mind blowing. What awaits us in the next 4 years???

What does America expect from a community organizer? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

F – He has lied about the stimulus Package (no Pork), he is bankrupting America, his party is buying power at the expense of the hard working Americans, he is leading us to socialism and into communism. It is pretty bad when Putin tells the American people and the American Leaders that socialism does not work. God help America!!!

I would give him an “F” for the first month!! You can take your SOCIALIST ideas and shove them where the sun don’t shine. You campaigned as a democrat and ended up as a SOCIALIST!! Sounds like TREASON AND A TRAITOR TO ME!!! By the way where is your “VAULTED” birth certificate showing you are a natural born U.S. citizen? You’ll never be respected by the US citizens and US military until you provide the “real” BC! BO’s first month was a disaster. You cannot spend your way out of a recession. As far as the “PORK PACKAGE” that was a farce and should never have been signed by anyone…rush, rush…what happened to the “5″ the politicians were supposed to have been given to read the thousand plus page bill? It didn’t happen! And the stuff that was added during the dark of the night?! You never should have printed all that monopoly money. The PORK BARREL BILL had little to do with jobs…just spend, spend…you just can”t do that!

I forgot……..how many LOBBYSTS did you say you were going to have “0″. I heard you have “100″! Is that true Mr. Pres.? There is nothing more that I despise than LYING! Totally unacceptable.

Obama sucks = F

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFand F

I give him a zero. There is honestly not one thing I like about Obama.

Incomplete/Fail His transition has been a dismal display of incompetence and disorganization. He’s the most powerful man in the world and everyone it taking advantage of him. Reid/Pelosi rammed the swindulus down his throat. Putin just made him look a fool. He insulted Blair on his first visit. He’s made Rush Limbaugh relevant. The world realizes Ahmenijad is playing him for a fool. I see why they call him Obambi. He’s as helpless and lost as a fawn in the woods.

F – He’s trying so hard to turn this country into another European Nation; hasn’t he heard what is happening to the EU? We fought once for our freedom from England and the likes of Europe; maybe we’ll have to fight the Obama followers even harder in two years.

If Obama signs it he is not in his right mind. President Obama is not living up to a President that cares for everyone. The Pork with bills is riduclous. I watched the U. S. Sentate today and I don’t understand how they get anything done. I sure would vote for the Senator that wanted a study on pigs odor.

I WOULD GIVE HIM AN F FOR FAILURE TO TELL THE TRUTH. HE LIED TO ALL OF US WHEN HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO EARMARKS.HE LIED WHEN HE SAID THERE WOULD BE NO LOBBISTS. HE SAID WHATEVER IT TOOK TO GET HIM ELECTED AND NOW WE HAVE TO PAY FOR HIS OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING. SO JUST READ HIS LIPS WHEN HE IS TALKING BECAUSE HE IS LIEING AGAIN. HE WANTS TO BE HEAD OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. HOLD ON TO YOUR CHECKBOOK, BECAUSE OBAMA IS WRITING CHECKS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR.

A+ :-)

A+
The President is doing a wonderful job trying to clean up the HUGE mess Bush left behind.

and there arose a king that didn’t know Joseph . . .

He ended Torture…..Grade A
Obama’s closing Gitmo…. Grade A
passing HONEST BUDGETS…. Grade A
Ending the Stem cell ban….Grade A
Holding Press Conferences…Grade A
Reaching out to Republican Rats…. Grade A
Selecting Progressive Economists… Grade B
Where’s Paul Krugman ?
Where’s Robert Reich ?
Where’s James Galbreath ?
Come On, Obama
YES WE CAN !!
Ending Bush’s ‘Rule of Error’ .. Grade A
Sane Iraq policy… Grade A
Sane Afghan policy…. Grade A
Sane Russian poicy…. Grade A
Overall…. Grade A

First you media people said that he was doing too much. Now you’re talking about what he didn’t do in 100 days.
Forget all of you media type talking heads. From where I sit he gets a solid A on all those things that he has accomplished in that time period.
Nobody here knows his schedule on what and when he intends to get certain things done. Not even the all knowing media peeps can tell you that.