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Where he has succeeded so far:
- Kept the auto industry in business
- Repealed Dont Ask Dont Tell
- Got the tea party asshats to raise the debt ceiling and avoid America defaulting on our debts
- Shrank our military footprint in Iraq (slower than I'd have liked)
- Was willing to extend our reach into Pakistan, including the Bin Laden assault but even more importantly into a broader campaign along the afghan/pakistani border. He deserves a LOT of credit for zero terrorist attacks on US soil during his entire tenure so far.
- Improved Our relationships with most other industrialized nations (Hillary deserves a lot of credit for that as well)
Where he has failed miserably:
- GITMO is still open and the rule of law is still being ignored (there is NO excuse for this)
- Unemployment has remained absurdly high (due as much to the GOP as the Dems)
- He allowed his own party to bitch slap him and gave away a chance at single payer REAL health care reform
- Allowed gas prices to become an accelerant for inflation (gas need not be $4 per gallon right now)
- Failed to put teeth in energy regulation... still no arrests over the BP oil spill
- Allowed the Elizabeth Warren credit regulations to become watered down completely
Overall I'd give him a C- for his first four years. I'd give Clinton a B and George W Bush an F.
My expectation is that 4 more years of Obama will be a C+ at best, but Romney and Ryan is likely to be an F.
In short, his greatest accomplishment as President is that he has not been as bad as Romney would be.
It is shameful that Obama and Romney are the best two candidates for America to choose.
Citizens United is the real problem, not the Democrats or the Republicans... the people who own them both.
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