Question of the Week. Obama's Grade Report

Foreign Policy: C+
Our troops are coming home, we are leaving the middle east in capable hands, and the world isn't making any new jokes about American stupidity. Though I have no complaints about how he has handled foreign policy, I feel that Obama hasn't done anything to improve international relations or world wide standing. Instead I feel like he has spent his entire term trying to clean up the mess that was left behind.

Economy: C-
When Obama was running for office his promised that he would bring change. Yet I see no significant change in our economy. Unemployment is still high, prices are rising, wages are frozen, and none of the governments plans have been effective. The main reason that Obama has a C, instead of a D or and F, is because I understand that Congress is part of government in charge of the money. Still, I feel that as president Obama should have been able to do something.


Health Care: D+
Universal health care was Obama's main goal to achieve while he was in office. Many argue that demanding that people pay for health insurance is unconstitutional and fought this bill every step of the way. Despite the opposition, Obama managed to get his health care plan passed. So why am I giving him such low marks? Because the plan won't take effect until fall of 2012, after the next election, meaning that if Obama isn't re-elected the new president would have time to undo all of the work that he's done. Personally, I think that it would be a shame to have to go through the whole process again when the current plan should work well enough.

Re-election: D-
I have yet to hear anything about Obama's re-election beyond "his t-shirts are made in America" as a side comment in a story about how many of the GOP candidates claim that they support American workers yet their campaign merchandise was made outside of the U.S. Yet, sometimes, no news can be good news. Even though he isn't appearing on the news talking about what he'll do with his second term nightly, he isn't being covered for something stupid either (like say Perry's rock).