Obama's first year
Jennie Pernisi, Staff Writer
Issue date: 1/21/10 Section: Politics
President Barack Obama recently celebrated his first year at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and is facing both praise and criticism for his accomplishments during his first year in office.
A Congressional Quarterly study looking at Obama's first year concluded he was more successful in getting legislation passed in one year than any other president since World War II, according to NPR.
Pulitzer Prize winning website, Polifact, examined the promises made by Obama during the campaign. A total of 502 promises were tallied, and of these Obama has fulfilled 91, partially succeeded on 33, broken 14 and stalled on 87, with about 275 of his promises still in the works.
Most fiscally apparent, Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package that claims to have sparked a 3.5 percent growth in the third quarter and created 640,000 jobs, according to cnn.com. Republicans are claiming that it cost $248,000 to create each of those new jobs.
July 27 brought the Cash for Clunkers program that granted up to $4,000 credit to those replacing "gas guzzlers." Seven hundred thousand vehicles were traded in, according to cashforclunkers.org.
Obama pledged to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, while removing troops from Iraq. He plans to live by an agreement made by President George W. Bush in 2008 that all troops would be out of the Muslim nation by New Year's Eve of 2011.
In October, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Many were surprised by the decision but the committee stood by its decision in picking Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," according to a press release on nobelprize.org.
History was made when Obama appointed the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor on Aug. 8, 2009.
But American's are losing faith in the President, who ran on the platform of change. A study conducted by abc.com, one year ago found that 76 percent of ABC viewers believed that Obama was going to bring change to America, and today 50 percent believe that the President has done so, according to their study.
NBC News and The Wall Street Journal released a new poll Tuesday night, which found that most American's like Obama as a person but do not necessarily believe he is doing the best job as their Commander in Chief. Fifty-two percent of those polled said they have a positive view of Obama. The highest score he received in the poll was 72 percent for being "easy going and likeable," and received lower scores in the poll for being a good Commander in Chief, being knowledgeable, and uniting the country. In the same poll only 35 percent said they are "confident the President has the right set of goals and policies," according to MSNBC.com.
Obama is set to make his annual State of the Union Address on Jan. 27 and will present his budget plan on the first of February.
A Congressional Quarterly study looking at Obama's first year concluded he was more successful in getting legislation passed in one year than any other president since World War II, according to NPR.
Pulitzer Prize winning website, Polifact, examined the promises made by Obama during the campaign. A total of 502 promises were tallied, and of these Obama has fulfilled 91, partially succeeded on 33, broken 14 and stalled on 87, with about 275 of his promises still in the works.
Most fiscally apparent, Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package that claims to have sparked a 3.5 percent growth in the third quarter and created 640,000 jobs, according to cnn.com. Republicans are claiming that it cost $248,000 to create each of those new jobs.
July 27 brought the Cash for Clunkers program that granted up to $4,000 credit to those replacing "gas guzzlers." Seven hundred thousand vehicles were traded in, according to cashforclunkers.org.
Obama pledged to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, while removing troops from Iraq. He plans to live by an agreement made by President George W. Bush in 2008 that all troops would be out of the Muslim nation by New Year's Eve of 2011.
In October, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Many were surprised by the decision but the committee stood by its decision in picking Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," according to a press release on nobelprize.org.
History was made when Obama appointed the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor on Aug. 8, 2009.
But American's are losing faith in the President, who ran on the platform of change. A study conducted by abc.com, one year ago found that 76 percent of ABC viewers believed that Obama was going to bring change to America, and today 50 percent believe that the President has done so, according to their study.
NBC News and The Wall Street Journal released a new poll Tuesday night, which found that most American's like Obama as a person but do not necessarily believe he is doing the best job as their Commander in Chief. Fifty-two percent of those polled said they have a positive view of Obama. The highest score he received in the poll was 72 percent for being "easy going and likeable," and received lower scores in the poll for being a good Commander in Chief, being knowledgeable, and uniting the country. In the same poll only 35 percent said they are "confident the President has the right set of goals and policies," according to MSNBC.com.
Obama is set to make his annual State of the Union Address on Jan. 27 and will present his budget plan on the first of February.
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