Inkwell Institute
I decided to offer my analysis of the Obama Admin before his year is up….that way I cannot be accused of letting others influence my analysis…..my technique will be a percentage grade and a letter grade for the different categories and then an overall grade in the conclusion……
I know….I know….this is a bit early for a one year evaluation…but we bloggers have been blamed with just following the leader on many issues and I thought I would eliminate that accusation before someone had a chance to level it…..onward and upward!
Foreign Policy:
Diplomacy: 95%–because Obama is trying to turn the world away from the distaste for American policies–A+
War: 75%–because he ran and won on an anti-war rhetoric and he has done little to end these conflicts. He has set a couple of deadlines for troop removal….a promising turn–C
Economy:
Stimulus: 90%–because he helped stop the economic skid into oblivion…..B+
Jobs: 65%–because there has been lots of lip service..no action….F
Domestic:
This category will cover everything from education to energy to ……well use your imagination…..75%–because little has been done to improve the lives of American citizens….C
Legislative:
50%–he has NOT done what he was sent to Washington to be…the leader…if he cannot get an issue passed even when he has a 60 vote majority in the Senate …then he has failed….F
Approval of the American people: 70%–because he has helped Wall Street become MORE profitable than before the crash and Main Street less profitable…..he is not holding the approval of the people……D
Finally…there is EFFORT……Obama has tried to tackle as many issues as he could….because of that effort I give him 95%…..A
Now for Pres. Obama’s score for his first year as president…….he plays well with others…..participation needs work….needs to be more assertive……his score total is 80% or educational terms ….a C+!
In his inauguration OBama said, “Change has come to America” and that was the truth…but the only change that has come is that there is not some white dude in the Oval Office……
About right, I’d guess, although I think you’re being a bit generous here and there.
I freely admit that, except in broad terms and a few respects, the American political system is a total mystery to me, but then I think it is to many Americans too. However, it’s my understanding that Obama received the nomination for presidential candidate initially because he was popular with the people – BUT it was the Democratic establishment that had the final say and selected him (or engineered things that way), blocking Hilary Clinton in the process.
That may have been because they thought he was the “people’s choice” and would have the best chance of being elected, but I suspect it was in large part because they thought he would be more “malleable” than a tough cookie like HC. In that they may have been right. Experienced though he is in some ways, Obama is no political pit-bull and, the US and UK political scenes being the totally devious gladiatorial hotbeds of iniquity that they are, the last thing either of us needs is a weak leader.
Fortunately for me, I’ve never held my breath anticipating Obama success in all, or even most, of what his election was widely expected to herald.
So… my estimation of your marking – about right, but somewhat on the generous side. 😆
Quin…do not feel badly…it is a complete mystery to me at times…and thanx…
Good points, I think I will definitely subscribe! I’ll go and read some more! What do you see the future of this being?
Thanx Me….nice to have you on board…
I think you were almost perfect in your assumptions according to my ridiculously awesome opinion (sarcasm on my self-praise). Honestly, good job. I greatly differ on your economic component. The problem with the “stimulus” is that not enough was spent fast enough to make a dent, although millions in pork was promised. The spending package meant deficit spending which means more debt, and devalued currency, as well as less leverage with China. Crippling debt and a large retiring generation are the two worst things that can coincide, yet this administration has achieved it (crushing the previous one’s records). Threats of increased taxes and further spending have caused many people and businesses not to invest and just hold onto the money. That’s the opposite of what was needed. We haven’t seen the stimulus package come back with real job creation numbers, so it may very well have been extensively better to reduce the payroll taxes by a similar expense and thus incentivize private hiring. The only place we’ve seen much hiring is high-priced federal jobs, which do nothing to help the economy or the budget. I give him a C- on the economy at best, and believe that an F may be more accurate.
Hiya Loudelf…and yes I agree I was being generous in some places…….thanx for the props……I am not sure that lowering payroll taxes would have helped either……I also predicted an increase in inflation by the 3rd quarter and it looks like that may have been too generous also…..in all my reading, cannot remember where I saw it, but it seems that there are more savings than anticipated last year….I need to find it and be more precise…sorry for the brain farts….thanx again…..
I agree with you and with Lobotero too. These people – both sides, government and unions etc. alike – pontificate and make lots of noises about creating/protecting jobs, but the fact is that, without demand there ARE no f***ing REAL jobs. The banks are the key, because that’s where all the bloody money is – OUR money – and they are simply distributing it amongst themselves and not even saying thank you! What a cock-up!
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