Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Evaluating Obama's First Year in Office

What criteria should we use to evaluate Obama's first year in office? What letter grade would you give him for his first year on the job.

One measure might be how is he doing on his campaign promises. Politifact.com has rated hime, and here is a background summary from video from NBC:

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A dramatic loss in a special election in Massachusetts last night has hurt Democrats and will make it more difficult for Obama to get things passed in the Senate. This was liberal icon Ted Kennedy's seat, and hands a 41st vote to the Republicans, enough to sustain filibusters. Was this loss a failure a reflection of people being unhappy with Obama? Analysis from the New York Times:
News Analysis - A Year Later, Voters Send a Different Message - NYTimes.com

Obama started out with very high ratings in the opinion polls, but those have dropped below 50% on approval ratings in many polls. A look back at the last year of Obama's year in office from NBC:

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Some editorials sympathetic to Obama:
No Obama Obits, Please The New York Observer

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