How would you evaluate U.S. President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office?

Monday 27th April, 01:00 AM JST

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Molenir at 10:04 AM JST - 29th April

Ask a Democrat and they tell you the honest truth how he is doing. I find that Democrats these days are more willing to slam their own than Republicans. Too bad the far right is not willing to be as honest as the left.

Really? I find that the exact opposite of this is closer to the truth. There has hardly been a word of criticism from the democrats for their own. All the criticism of Obama has been coming from Republicans. I grant you that some of the criticism is unwarranted, even unfounded, but other criticisms are quite accurate, even if they have been misrepresented.

For example, referring to him as the "Teleprompter" is accurate, if misleading, however it really has no bearing on his first 100 days in office. Other examples however are telling. His firing of the head of GM, his moves towards socialized medicine. His incompetent foreign policy. (Sorry but I see no other way to describe what his state department has done, as well as well as his criticizing America tour in Europe and the Mid-East.)

Overall, I personally rate him extremely poorly. Of course if you agree with his policies, then you'll approve of him. If you can't be bothered to find out the truth, or the details about what he has done, or is doing, then you'll probably like him as well. The media and his handlers, have for the most part has done a very good job of spinning him to appear very capable and well as likable. If however you disagree with him, then regardless of how he appears, you'll disapprove. Count me amongst the latter group.
DeepAir65 at 10:46 AM JST - 29th April

Why is the media fixated with this 100 days thing? You can't do anything in that amount of time in any government, especially the US.

I would preferred to have answered "Too soon to tell"

Ask again in 2 years time
TokyoHustla at 10:49 AM JST - 29th April

Why is the media fixated with this 100 days thing?

Because he had 100 days and did nothing - absolutely nothing. The greatest failure ever in American history. All we can expect is another 3 1/2 years of failure. God needs to speed up Palin 2012 so that America can get back on track.
Molenir at 11:12 AM JST - 29th April

Because he had 100 days and did nothing - absolutely nothing. The greatest failure ever in American history. All we can expect is another 3 1/2 years of failure. God needs to speed up Palin 2012 so that America can get back on track.

Well thats certainly not true. I don't like the guy, but I am at least informed enough, or perhaps honest enough, to know he has done quite a bit, even if I disagree with just about all of it. Don't agree with Palin in 2012 either. At least not right now. I mean I like the woman, but not enough to elect her President. Though compared to Obama, she could hardly do a worse job then he has done.
bamboohat at 08:22 PM JST - 29th April

One FACT that you can't ignore (although I have no idea what it means) is that Obama is the MOST polarized president, as far as approval rating split between dems and repubs after 100 days. HOWEVER, with each president since NIXON, the gap has consistently gotten wider, so it's likely a meaningless statistic, as is the 100 day bench mark the media created to give their goons something to write about.

What I see In Obama's future is a steadily increasing erosion of support, as the economy will continue to tank, and the more problems keep coming up, people will start to realize they need more than a charismatic speaker to the choir to steer the country back on track.

One thing that is troublesome is how people keep referring to the previous administration, Obama included. That only works BEFORE the election, not after.

As soon as Obama's public opinion slips significantly, he will be completely powerless, AKA Jimmy Carter.

His only hope for effective leadership is to maintain solid support among dems in the house, as they currently have a majority. If they start to bicker with him, it's done.
jonnyboy at 01:36 PM JST - 30th April

@LFRAgain - KILLER post, every sentence! round of applause most definitely due. you are wasted here, my friend!
yabits at 08:50 PM JST - 30th April

Heh, yeah, no Democrat voted to spend any more than what the government was taking in, right?

In 2001, the Republicans were handed the White House and a large budget surplus -- AND they had effective control of both houses of Congress to boot.

After the utter and complete mismanagement of the country by the Republicans, I would say that President Obama has been a breath of fresh air.
Molenir at 03:25 AM JST - 1st May

After the utter and complete mismanagement of the country by the Republicans, I would say that President Obama has been a breath of fresh air.

No, it has been more of the same, only more so. He came in and said, you think Bush can spend money, well just wait til you see what I can do. You'll see deficits never before conceived of. And sure enough, here we are. The public voted the Republicans out at least in part because of their wasteful government spending. Now the democrats are outdoing them in every way!

The only thing Obama brought with him, is the rotting sewage smell of corruption. And being from the most corrupt state in the union, Illinois, nobody does it better.
yabits at 03:37 AM JST - 1st May

You'll see deficits never before conceived of.

Spoken by those who are pretty much devoid of any knowledge of history and basic statistics. Any federal deficit has to be taken as a percentage of the GDP of the nation involved. In that regard, the spending that the US undertook in WWII was much greater as percentage of GDP than what is going on now. And, more importantly, the spending is very much needed since the woe mismanagement of the economy by the Republicans.

As for Illinois, the state has been run by Democrats and Republicans over the years -- and Barack Obama came to that state rather late in his life. As for the most corrupt, I think, by indictments and scandals per capita, Palin's and Ted Steven's state has got Illinois beat by a mile.
OhioDonna at 04:22 AM JST - 1st May

Not good. He is something of a showman (show-off) and I am waiting to see what he will really do. The stats say he is doing well but stats do not tell all. Stats are biased. Most in my community are not pleased but there is nothing we can do about it.
OhioDonna at 04:24 AM JST - 1st May

One more comment about stats : My community would be the wrong one to ask how well the President is doing because it is predominately republican and STATS ARE BIASED!
TokyoHustla at 09:33 PM JST - 3rd May

I'm among the 46% of Americans who don't approve of the job President Obama is doing.

Yeah, but your mind was made up a year ago.
rajakumar at 12:23 PM JST - 14th May

Global future is good with Obama administration or in post obama administration ,which will have to be better than present administration.

The weak points of Obama administration are those under him,they got to improve and catch with up Obama.
hworta269 at 12:06 AM JST - 25th July

Obama has not only doubled the national debt, he has increased the national debt more then every single president in history combined. His money is not going to the economy, its going to the people who got him elected in the biggest financial fraud in the history of the world. They are talking about needing another trillion in debt spending for more economic crap, you know like unions and acorn need more money. The American constitution charges the government to maintain a military, not handout money to people because they are minorities or illegal residents or people who have been on welfare for the last 5 generations.
hworta269 at 12:09 AM JST - 25th July

The republicans did not mismanage the economy, the economy was dicked over by a very bipartisan effort to force banks to give money to low income and high risk people for homes that cost a million dollars sometimes. The economy was doing pretty good until the Democrats took over congress... congress as you might not know actually manages the American economy.