Is your Current President A Good President?

Answer 1

This is a difficult question to answer objectively, since it calls for an opinion and invites partisans (people from each political party) to respond. Those who support President Obama believe he has done a commendable job with a very difficult set of circumstances. They point to such accomplishments as stopping the country from sinking into an economic depression, saving the American auto industry, expanding health care access for millions of Americans, leading the mission that ultimately killed Osama Bin Laden, ending the war in Iraq, and championing equal pay for equal work for women. They would also say the fact that he was re-elected shows that Americans believe he is moving the country in the right direction, even if the economy has not recovered as quickly as he would have liked.

Those who oppose President Obama believe he has not done enough to fix the economy and in fact they believe he has made it worse. They believe he has not been sufficiently strong with America's enemies, that he has expanded the government too much, and that he is not effective as a leader. He has said that he intends to grant amnesty to illegal aliens if Congress does not pass Immigration reform. He has already instructed the justice department to ignore the defense of marriage law and not to enforce the immigration law and some of the details of Obamacare.

In short, he has failed to enforce the law, but has effectively changed it without recourse to Congress. He is not concerned about being impeached since Democrats control the Senate. The war in Afghanistan is still going on and he decided to start bombing in Syria .

Thus, whether you are a Democrat or a Republican will influence your answer to the question of whether President Obama is a good president.