I know he hasn't taken office yet but since a NY Times reporter is already predicting he will be a one term President I need to get my licks in early and often. (h/t Instapundit)
First off I am pleasantly surprised by his National Security team. The majority appear to be pragmatists. I mean the evil one himself, Dick Cheney, endorsed them so unless he has some subtle plot underway to secretly allow the Islamists to destroy America they can't be that horrible.
I am a little more ambivalent about the economy. I supported the TARP bailout as an emergency measure to forestall a failure of the banking system. I am more ambivalent about Barack's stimulus package, but even with that He has made some moves that I find encouraging. Naming a Chief Performance Officer for one and his continued pledge to scrub the budget. I really want to see full scale performance audits on every government program and recommendations for elimination on about 50% of them.
I have been disappointed by his silence on Gaza, and some of the social issues I hear percolating in the background worry me, but nothing concrete yet.
Overall so far I am giving him a C but the test really begins next week.
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