Health Care - B
While Obama's Health care reform bill has provoked substantial controversy and skepticism, his ability to make headway in the system alone is admirable. Signed on March 23, 2010, president Obama's reform bill guarantees medical insurance for tens of thousands of Americans, and forbids insurers from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions. This bill may likely be remembered as Barack's most symbolic achievement, despite unanimous Republican opposition.
Economic Policy - C+
Regarding economic reform, Obama's legislation has been an incredibly mixed bag. The initial government bailout proved very successful in reinvigorating the domestic motor industry, saving GM and Chrysler from liquidation, and both companies have made a significant comeback. Obama should have expressed more executive power regarding the stimulus package, though it did result in minimal increases in the GDP and employment. Following the financial crisis, bank reform was also quite controversial, so while Obama certainly inherited a waning economy, I am undeniably rather disappointed in the progress made.
War on Terror - B-
While the administration has made significant headway since the Bush administration's foreign military fiasco, Obama quite simply hasn't lived up to his promises. While the president has appeared quite effective in ending controversy in Iraq, Afghanistan remains an issue. The recent assassination of Osama bin Laden was certainly beneficial in decreasing public sentiment towards the administrations effectiveness overseas, it has done quite little in truly helping our situation in foreign policy.
Reelection Bid - B
While he recently referred to himself as the electoral underdog, I remain quite confident in Obama's reelection, given the general inability for Republicans to ban together under a single candidate. While Romney may effectively sway some moderates through the public's desire for new reform, public sentiment towards the party in general hurts their chances. Obama has effectively raised over $70 million, and I believe his campaign will successfully, though not as wholeheartedly, capture the minds of the public once again.
Only thing I was fairly off target was the War on Terrorism in terms of your report card. You didn't list the promises he hasn't lived up to nor have you state an actual bad move he has made in this field. I believe Obama lived up to his promises in this regard. He said he would slowly recall many of the troops which he has done. Compared to before, there are very few troops in foreign countries; although this is still a good sized number of troops. He left just enough troops to cut off Terrorism and as you said we got Osama. This took away not only a major inspiration for terrorism; it also took away a major political leader in general. Now their efforts are not coordinated and the few small threats have all been taken care of without a sweat. We evaded involvement in several world conflicts as well as asserting ourselves in other cases preventing conflict. Overall he has done fin in foreign policy because there hasn't been a great amount of foreign issues for him to deal with. In the few cases he did address he addressed them well. I gave him an A borderline A-.
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