Everyone claims that they are disappointed with the President. He is getting attacked from everywhere. The attacks are wrong. The people that are attacking him are failing to realize what he has actually accomplished. They are really just being petty. The right side is getting upset because the stimulus package didnt work fast enough and the left side is upset that he constantly sucks up to Wall Street.
Obama has actually accomplished alot more than people actually give him credit for. People just dont realize his strategy. He plans for the future but no one notices that. This was expected though....presidents in their first term are always attacked mercilessly. But in just the first term, Obama has done much more beneficial things than the Bush administration accomplished in 8 years.
1. What does Sullivan say about presidents in the last year of their first terms?
he will always get attacked mercilessly by his partisan opponents, and also, often, by the feistier members of his base.
2. What are the main criticisms of Obama from the right?
He has governed more as a radical leftist and he is trying to change the American way of life and that he is a socialist
3. What was America's economic situation when Obama assumed office?
the United States was losing around 750,000 jobs a month and there was a real chance of a systemic collapse of the entire global financial system, and unemployment and debt—lagging indicators—were about to soar even further
4. How have Obama's responses to the problem been interpreted by the right?
they think that the stimulus plan was a fail because it didnt work fast enough and in the first year of his term, unemployment peaked
5. What typical Republican stances has Obama taken while in office?
he has been far more fiscally conservative than his predecessor
6. In what ways is "Obamacare" a pretty conservative reform of the health care system?
this will let 44 million free riders benefit from this
7. Why is the left wrong to be disappointed in Obama's performance so far?
a depression was dodged, the bail out of the auto industry was successful, the Iraq war was ended, and the banks have been repaid
8. How is Obama communicating his accomplishments to the public?
he shows them by his actions. show-dont-tell
9. How does Sullivan characterize Obama's pattern of responses to problems?
Obama was always planning for eight years, not four
10. When does Sullivan concede that Obama has made mistakes in office?
he has waged a war based on a reading of executive power that many civil libertarians oppose. And he has signed into law the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial
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