While Obama will with a smirk on his face give himself a B+
 

the following article is much more accurate and reflects how many of us view his results for the first year:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/opini....html?PageNr=1

btk

The gentleman who wrote the article you cite BTK, was an ardent supporter of President Obama...privately, privately and with money !

He now is, to say the least, disappointed in what has happened..the lies, misdirection, the heavy handed politics.
He says near the end of this article...

"The consequence is that there isn't a single critical problem on which the president has a positive public rating. Only a minority of Americans now believe the president will make the right decisions for the country. Nor can he any longer take refuge in the rejoinder that "we inherited a terrible situation." Or blame it on fat-cat bankers and insurance companies. Blaming others, including Bush, for the country's predicament is less and less persuasive. "At some point you own your presidency," wrote Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. "At some point the American people tell you it's yours."