Even when you're at the top of the ladder you still need a report card to know how you're doing. don't you? Well, I'm creating one for president Obama to show just how well he is doing in terms of his current major issues.
In terms of Health Care I believe Obama deserves a B borderline of a B-. With the drop of the CLASS Act recently Obama gave Republicans the ability to attack the health care package however the act was an optional portion originally which, upon deeming inefficient, the Obama administration purged from the package. So, there isn't much meat on the bone for the Republicans to gnaw on here. However, overall I am partially against the plan because I believe that in the end the Health Care of those that already have it may be impacted and people come to the United States because of how good the care is. Additionally the government is in a major deficit which, unless the "Obamacare" package can make tens of thousands of jobs, the package won’t do well in terms of the budget. But, I believe that the package won't substantially affect the majority of Americans in a measurably negative way. So, at least it isn't overtly radical.
I'm willing to give Obama a C+ in dealing with the Economic Downturn. He simply did nothing in address to the economic downturn in the first half of his presidency so now, when he actually is trying to do things which should and would be able to turn around the downturn, the republicans have taken over the house and are blocking any form of relief or recovery measure Obama passes. However, because he is making an honest try now and if he can get some more support he may be able to do something substantial in turning the economy around.
In the War on Terror I believe Obama has done a good job at minimizing involvement and slowly but surely pulling out the majority of our troops. He has continued to show terrorists that if they want to attack us then they will get hammered, but without the huge deployment of troops and resources. We haven't had any substantial terrorist threat under his guidance and have avoided involvement in several world conflicts involving terrorism in other countries. I'm going to give him and A on this one.
Obama's reelection bid has not been as substantial as his previous one was. Whereas his last one was more of an A in my opinion this one is more around a B+. He hasn't gotten around to swaying the swing voter's minds like he had and he has the pressure of a declining economy on his back. These pushes are countered by being the incumbent president, being such a great orator, and continuing to prove his political mind. He has cleaned out the old plans and proposed new ones. The republicans mainly haven't presented a decent opposition yet Obama still goes about playing cards like the "Underdog" which have allowed him to continue gaining political support. The election will be close but I believe Obama has the best chance to win the reelection bid, especially with the republicans so close to one another in the nomination.
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