One year since 11/04/08, do you approve or disapprove of President Obama's job performance thus far?

[Politics_Guy25]

It's your chance to go on the record DU! Do you approve or disapprove in general of President Obama's job performance thus far?

I would have started a poll but it's been so long since I last donated that I no longer can.

Don't be shy though. Just type in approve or disapprove and go on the record. It'll be fun!

Needless to say, I strongly approve.

Unfortunately, I am asking whether or not you approve or disapprove not if you 50% approve, 25% approve, approve on Mondays but not Thursdays, etc.

Generally and in totality do you approve of the president's job performance in leading the nation, on foreign policy and on domestic policy?

[Politics_Guy25]

1. What's with the unrec?-n/t

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[Politics_Guy25]

3. Almost a year since November 4th-that's where my year comes from-n/t

[Politics_Guy25]

4. Will someone explain WHY this thread is being unrec'd-thanks!!-n/t

[jenmito]

7. Probably people who still haven't gotten over the primaries and don't like Obama very much...

as one poster told me just TODAY.

[Politics_Guy25]

8. Indeed Jenmito

Well this is their chance to go on the record.

I totally agree with your assessment of the awesome things that he has done so far BTW.

[jenmito]

14. Yeah, but...

they'd rather just unrec the thread. This is better than a poll anyway since people could just hit and run. I'm glad you agree with me. :hi:

[jonnyblitz]

9. sorry to nit-pick but he didn't get sworn in until Jan 20th. nt

[Politics_Guy25]

12. Yes we all know that

It is a significant milestone, however. He is now approaching the 1 year anniversary of being elected president of the United States.

[peace13]

5. On what planet has it been a year?

I suppose Obama did the bank bailout and AIG as well. What the hell?

[Politics_Guy25]

10. The ELECTION and becoming PRESIDENT-ELECT-N/T

[jenmito]

6. I APPROVE. He is working harder and doing more in his first 9 months than

most modern presidents, and he gets credit for nothing, blamed for everything. He's taken care of a pirate situation, improved our standing in the world making us the most admired country up from the 7th, he's improved the economy, signed legislation for hate crimes and equal pay, allowed for embryonic stem cell research, and things I can't think of right now.

[trayfoot]

44. AMEN!

[LuvNewcastle]

11. I approve, with reservations.

While I'm generally satisfied with track we're on, I have some serious misgivings about the economic situation and the war front.

[Politics_Guy25]

13. That's fair enough-n/t

[buff2]

15. I approve

I have confidence in his decisions and respect him a lot. It's just so good to have a real President with intelligence again. After the last 8 years of that moron bush,I thank God everyday for President Obama. I am very proud to call him my President.

[Politics_Guy25]

18. The Bush nightmare all makes sense now, however

Without Bush, there would have been no Obama. Funny how lemons turn into lemonade. I suffered for 7 years wondering how on earth we were stuck with Bush until the Obama candidacy came along and then it all made sense.

No way would the democrats have had 20 years of unimpeded W.H. rule. 8 years of Clinton and 8 years of Gore would almost certainly have led to a GOP victory in 2008.

It all is easier to endure if you look at it that way.

[Hekate]

16. I think he's gotten a whale of a lot accomplished, far more than he gets credit for. ..

He doesn't grandstand, he just gets the job done.

I'm worried about healthcare, the war, and the economy in no particular order -- but President Obama just keeps on keeping on, and I trust he is doing the best he can given the circumstances.

Hekate

[goclark]

20. Ditto nt

[progressivebydesign]

17. I totally approve of everything he's been able to accomplish in 8 months or so.

It took 8 years for Bush to destroy the Country and almost the World -- I am so grateful for everything that my President has done to stop the slide into a Depression, and for being earnest. I couldn't be happier.

Actually, I would be happier if the asshole vocal minority and their minions at Faux News would stfu and get out of the way so we can fix things. For those that whine that he hasn't done enough... it's 8 months, the repukes have been obstructionists every step of the way, and the corporate media has been busting his chops every single day. He's done amazingly well considering what he's up against. I'm not one of those people that cling so hard to my own selfish self-interests, that I can't see the good he's done, nor am I one of those poseurs who claim to suddenly dislike him because he got so popular (like your friends on fb, or twitter, who regularly announce that they hate it now, because it's so popular and they're too cool for it.

[HughMoran]

19. Approve

He's not perfect, but he's done a lot already and he's just getting started.

[vaberella]

21. Call me back in Jan. 20, 2010. He hasn't had a year in office (officially) yet. n/t

[Lorien]

22. Why didn't you post this as a poll? nt

[Colobo]

23. Strongly approve. The man is working hard for the future of America.

Just what I asked for.

[FatDave]

24. Generally Approve

But wish he was a hell of a lot more liberal.

Feingold in 2016! (I love Biden, but he's gonna be ancient by then. John McCain ancient.)

[Life Long Dem]

25. Ones talking about how worried they are about the economy.

How did you feel at the beginning of the year when things were certain the country was heading toward another Great Depression?

Never mind... I suppose being worried is a step up over the sky is falling.

[Garam_Masala]

27. That "great depression" talk was initiated by none other than

Henry Paulson, who was Bush43's Secretary of Treasury. Guess where
Paulson came from? He was ex-chairman at Goldman Sachs, the biggest and
baddest outfit on Wall Street! Guess what he wanted? Billions in
TARP money to bail out his buddies and cohorts on Wall Street who had
gotten in trouble by writing derivatives and creating A rated Bonds
made up of sub-prime mortgage tranches. Paulson owns millions of shares
in Goldman Sachs and obviously did not want it to go the route of
Lehman Brothers into Bankruptcy. The dumbass Bush panicked and
gave OK to Paulson to go ahead with the "emergency rescue" of Wall Street
Bankers.

Now we are all stuck with the humongous debt to pay for all this baloney
and will be paying China Billions in interest every fricking year
for ever since there is no surplus money in the federal budget to pay back
the principal. This whole mess makes Bernie Madoff look like a piker.

[impik]

26. It's not even 10 months, but IMO, he's terrific

[Liberation Angel]

28. generally approve

but with reservations

compared to what might have been i 100% approve

but i would give him an overall C grade on many issues, A on others and a fail on others .

but compared to a republican he is pretty golden

[saltpoint]

29. Strongly approve.

[Better Believe It]

30. The question is to vague. In what areas? Healthcare, civil liberties, end the war.etc.,?

[VMI Dem]

31. I'm white, straight, have a job and health insurance.

It's awesome.

[GCP]

32. He's doing the best he can - but he's in a horrible situation

Bush left this country so fucked up, I feel really sorry for Obama and him having to deal with this mess. Added to that, the repukes have gone into full melt-down mode which means those in congress are sticking their fingers in their ears and yelling 'LA LA LA LA LA' and refusing to do anything to drag this country back from the brink; meanwhile the off-the-wall-wackjobs like Taitz and Beck rant on the sidelines and get the 20% base worked up into a rabid Obama-hating frenzy which means death threats are up 400% on him.

He can't have had any idea what a shit-storm he was walking into.

[ind_thinker2]

33. Average, was expecting to show more spine (Its kind of behind the doors)

[jonnyblitz]

34. does this mean you approve or disapprove? those are the

only options allowed and that is why i can't answer.

[ind_thinker2]

41. approve, but would move to disapprove if HCR is blown

[windbreeze]

35. How about we change that date?? Obama was elected on 11/04/08

however, he did NOT take office until Jan. 20, 2009...AND IF I RECALL correctly...the, at that time, sitting prez...did NOTHING to help the transition either...including allowing Obama/family to stay in the lodgings new pres's usually stay in BEFORE they actually take office...so how can you hold him responsible for the dates before Jan.20th, as though he was in charge??? just curious....wb

ps: considering the condition this country was left in by the last administration...I think he's doing pretty damned good...I think a lot of people expected him to wiggle his nose and straighten everything out...reality dictates, that IS/WAS impossible expectations...I just hope that those who are in such a big hurry, do NOT screw things up in 2010

[bajamary]

36. let's see what has he done

SNL said it so well.

What has Obama accomplished.

Well, let see what has he promised he would do asap and compare it to what he has actually DONE.

Close Gitmo........... NO

Out of Iraq............. NO

Improve
Afghanistan............. NO

Health Care
Reform.................... NO

Global Warming........ NO (not even sure he'll go to Denmark)

Immigration Reform.... NO

Gays in Military........... NO

Limits on
Executive Power...........HA

Torture Prosecutions.....Don't Hold Your Breath


Before you jump all over me read some history and see the amazing things that FDR actually did in his first One Hundred Days.

"Nothing To Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America"

by Adam Cohen

Obama has been in office for 285 days.

What a difference between these two administrations and, obviously, between these two men.

[Vidar]

37. I approve of his efforts, but disapprove of the results.

[OhioBlue]

38. Approve. looking forward to 2010. n/t

[closeupready]

39. Very much disapprove.

I'd be tickled if he pulls a rabbit out of his hat, but I'm pretty sure where we are right now is basically where we are going to be in three years' time, which is about where we were last year.

[polichick]

40. I approve of some things he's done and disapprove of others. nt

[Obamacare]

42. Approve

Its going to take years (plural) to clean up Dubya's mess and to get the things Obama promised accomplished. How people seem to forget about the steaming pile of shit he was handed 1/20/2009 and expect it to be wiped away in an instant, is beyond me. :shrug:

[polichick]

43. The things I disapprove of have nothing to do with Bush's mess...

They have to do with some of Obama's choices. You've jumped to a conclusion that has nothing to do with me.

[countingbluecars]

45. Approve n/t

[damonm]

46. On the whole, approve.

I'm not keen on the slowness with DOMA and DADT, and would have preferred a larger stimulus, but by and large, I'm pleased with the overall direction this President is taking - a FAR cry from the idiocy of the past 8 years. Those who say Obama=Bush are just as delusional as the freepers who call him a radical Socialist. BOTH need brain implantaion surgery.