First off, Obama is winding down two wars he inherited. He also did not go running into Libya, in fact, some are bitching he waited too long. I say he is doing better because the economy is picking up, companies are hiring, we don't have as many enemies abroad as we did, we have a new law projected by the GAO to save 10 billion per year in health care, and that is just a projected start, one million more kids that had no health insurance are now on CHIPS, Investments made into new infrastructure, such as renewable energy, improvements to the nation's power grid, high speed rail, removal of ban on research using stem cells which look promising to sorting out a lot of ills and diseases, and lot's more. THe oversaw the 111th congress; which was the most productive in decades. New regulations on Wall Street to prevent bank failures and toughen accounting practices. A new law that states what credit card companies can charge. This was the biggest piece of consumer protectionist law to come out in our favor in many years. Ratification of a new START treaty, repeal of Don't ask don't tell, the Fair Pay Act allowing women to sue for pay discrimination, The credit card reform measure puts a halt to deceptive and unfair practices that harm consumers.... This never would have happened under a GOP house and congress. Expansion of FDA to allow it to regulate tobacco and tobacco products, improved Federal aid to college students, and on and on and on... I've only listed the major accomplishments.
Of course you can argue that none of this matters, but i digress. these laws and reforms were promised during his campaign. Obama has kept more campaign promises than any other president in our history.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/
I think of all this and more when I see people that hate Obama and can't cite a significant reason for the hate.... I know what is causing it, and if they were 100% honest with themselves, they would see it for what it is...
First I would like to say I am not a bush supporter although I could name a couple positives about him, they would be that he was kind of funny and I think he was an American, other that that he sucked Almost as much as I thought was possible, but how can you say Obama is doing better? maybe because he has us fighting in more countries than bush did? I didn't think anyone could have been worse than Bush but this guy is making me wonder and even the other choices we had sucked. I don't think it will happen but our only hope lies in electing someone totally outside the main stream.