What overall grade would you give Obama at this point in his presdiency?

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24. I'm going with a straight C because I am a liberal.

His greatest accomplishment was any type of healthcare reform but he gave up on a public option rather than fighting for it. I am all for pragmatism but he gave up a little too soon.

He didn't go after anyone responsible for the 2008 mortgage crisis and didn't fight for any reforms.

The drones and NSA spying and internet neutrality, all wishy washy. And he let them go on.

I knew when the MSM pulled him from nowhere with no D.C. experience he would be overwhelmed by Washington politics much like Jimmy Carter was, and it has been proved right. Despite a "good heart" he can't really connect with your average Joe in a speech to get the people behind his message. It is always "this is the right thing to do" but "I am willing to do the wrong thing if that is pragmatic". Once you are President you have to dig your heels in and do the right thing even when it is not the most popular or requires making enemies if you want to be great. He is just settling--settling to be a two term President rather than a great President. I understand the politics and it would have been terribly hard to always be optimistic during very bad times with the "too big to fail" banks threatening you but that is what it would have taken to be great.

Hilary would not have been much better and would have been more trigger happy to get us involved in another military adventure to prove that a woman President could be "tough", so I can't say Obama has been the worst choice. I thought he would be eaten up by Washington and he was, I only wish he had started out a little "tougher" and been beaten down rather than giving in without a fight right from the start.