How would you rate Obama's transition/first few days on the job?

omeythehomie said:

I would give him a B. In terms of getting his agenda across, he really did hit the floor running as promised. I fully approve of his executive orders to close Gitmo and ban torture.

His first press briefing went as well as can be expected and the new daily press briefings he will be getting will hopefully help him keep a better eye on the economy. I also like that he is resisting Pelosi's attempts to make the economic situation worse with her proposed tax hikes. At least he won't roll down the congressional Democratic leadership that has ruined us these past few years.

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Yeah, I agree. So far he's done quite a lot in turning back the clock on Bush's failures. Hopefully its a sign of good things to come.

I give him a C. He's had some rocky Cabinet picks and the incoming Attorney General is an idiot.

I think that limiting the powers of the lobbyists and trying to make a more transparent government is great, but I'm not too happy with his Secretary of Treasury pick, Timothy Geithner, who had a hand in spending the first half of TARP, which basically know one knows how it was used. He also had a fishy tax-paying history, as he just paid a large some of his taxes after he was considered for nomination, which can perhaps be seen as a character flaw. Also, I'm not happy with Panetta as head of the CIA, who really doesn't have any foreign intelligence experience. Overall, I'd also say a C.

Well he didn't really do anything "special" or outstanding yet, so how I'm not sure what I would rate him.. probably an average of about 7 out of 10, or a B. When he does something out of the ordinary is when I'll come back and post a real rating

I give him an A as he is doing everything he is being told to do , plus he can read and write and hes 100 times more intelligent than bush.

pingpong12 said:

I give him an A as he is doing everything he is being told to do , plus he can read and write and hes 100 times more intelligent than bush.

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How is he 100 more times intelligent than Bush? He's like way younger than Bush, that already gives him a 0 for experience, he hasn't done anything drastic, gives him a 0 for risk taking. What did Obama do that Bush didn't? Better speeches? I don't know about you, but I don't think he's done anything that he said in any one of his speeches yet, but it's still way too early.

GunnedDown said:

How is he 100 more times intelligent than Bush? He's like way younger than Bush, that already gives him a 0 for experience, he hasn't done anything drastic, gives him a 0 for risk taking. What did Obama do that Bush didn't? Better speeches? I don't know about you, but I don't think he's done anything that he said in any one of his speeches yet, but it's still way too early.

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What experience does he need? How to get us into a lie of a war? Speeches dont mean squat. When Ron Paul was running for election he warned us about this runaway fiat currency system we had. Everyone called him a kook, a nut, a crazy guy. I wonder why everyone is suddenly giving him interviews now (even fox news). He was the only one who dared to speak the truth. He was the only one out of all teh candidates that served on the banking oversight committee overlooking the federal reserves every move. He was the only one who wasnt supported in his campaign by one cent from special interest groups so he could be totally unbiased in the facts he spoke about. Bush got us in a way in iraq over lies and soon obama will start spending away into socialism 101, but make no mistake Obama is a very intelligent man, bush is just a chicken hawk who spoke big words in our war with iraq but was a draft dodgher himself lol.

pingpong12 said:

What experience does he need? How to get us into a lie of a war? Speeches dont mean squat. When Ron Paul was running for election he warned us about this runaway fiat currency system we had. Everyone called him a kook, a nut, a crazy guy. I wonder why everyone is suddenly giving him interviews now (even fox news). He was the only one who dared to speak the truth. He was the only one out of all teh candidates that served on the banking oversight committee overlooking the federal reserves every move. He was the only one who wasnt supported in his campaign by one cent from special interest groups so he could be totally unbiased in the facts he spoke about. Bush got us in a way in iraq over lies and soon obama will start spending away into socialism 101, but make no mistake Obama is a very intelligent man, bush is just a chicken hawk who spoke big words in our war with iraq but was a draft dodgher himself lol.

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Well you have no proof that Obama didn't speak the "truth" yet, since his term just started. Speeches don't mean "squat", yes, but they do represent the courage and their ability to speak out to a live audience. He's been doing good so far.

We'll just have to wait and see what happens, we can't judge him yet

I've been fairly happy with Obama so far. He's been fairly realistic with all his plans and he seems to be willing to stand up to Pelosi. That's good enough in my book. I agree with GunnedDown though. He hasn't really done much yet. The only solid campaign promise he has fulfilled is shutting down Guantanomo Bay (and even that wasn't "immediate" since he gave them 12 months).

I'm not thrilled with the choice for CIA head and Secretary of Treasury. I guess I can understand the logic with the CIA choice. He wanted an office manager (basically) to restore order. Not the best choice, but I would hope that he'd leave the cloak and dagger stuff to the advice of his lietuants.

I actually feel a little bad for Obama at times though. There's almost no way he can live up to the high expectations.

An A+

I'm absolutely thrilled at how strong he's out of the gate. He's making positive news every day as far as I'm concerned. Gitmo, the EPA/California thing, the telling off of those fat cats and their 50 $million private jet, and just stylistically. It's like we have a President again, a real President. Someone who actually thinks about things and cares about the people of America. It's beautiful.

I honestly didn't think he'd be such a bad ass. He's exceeding my expectations.

Lol, bad ass.

Yeah, he's actually doing pretty good so far, I'm not sure if he did anything "supertastic", but he's transitioned well into his first term, and I bet you he's going to do pretty damn well during his whole 4 years.

And if he does, he'll probaby get relected in 2012-2013

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