It's been a long road from the Senate to the White House for Barack Obama. How are the voters grading his performance so far? (Obama for America)
President Barack Obama officially hit his half-year mark this weekend. As the airways are flooded with pundits, policy wonks and politicos, The Takeaway turns to the public to see how they think the president is measuring up. Joining our roundtable of voters — including some we spoke to during the election season — are Tracey Rousey from Alberton, Georgia, Alice Craft-Kerney of New Orleans, Louisiana, Brian Hinkle, from Chicago, and Pat Gallagher, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Comments [1]
August 3, 2009, 7:01 PM
My wife and I support President Barack Obama.
Both give President Obama an over all mark of excellence.
Neither of us holds rigidly to progressive ideology.
Yet I consider my political inclination towards progressive.
My support is comfortably at home politically with him.
My wife’s manner is surprisingly passionate as she voices her reasons for her supporting him.
And she’s generally not interested in political and social issues, saying, “He’s [President Obama is} still cleaning up a mess left by the previous administration.”
So I’d say she feels a sense of ease with her placing her support with him, as well.
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