ECONOMY

Obama tried to “stimulate” the economy by borrowing and printing money, spending trillions of dollars; the president advocates for a progressive tax system

Results: Failure; unemployment has ranged from 8-10 percent and 23 million Americans are out of work; the president has added trillions of dollars to the national debt, took over General Motors and bailed out banks and corporations; Obama keeps saying the rich need to pay their fair share, but the wealthiest Americans are already paying the vast majority of the tax revenues taken by government; this is not surprising since Obama’s late father advocated for a 100-percent tax rate

BORDERS

Obama and DOJ tried to stop flow of guns into Mexico; the president is pushing for amnesty and wants to fast-track illegal aliens to voting status and give them government benefits

Results: Failure; violence escalated and Americans were killed

FOREIGN POLICY

Obama tried to re-set foreign policy to make the world community like America

Result: Failure; the Arab world is inflamed and American embassies are under attack; the president supported the “Arab Spring” takeover of Muslim nations by the Muslim Brotherhood, but now these nations are being torn apart by violence and anti-American protests; Afghanistan is in the hands of terrorists; the U.S. agreed to decrease nuclear missiles, but other nations have not, leaving us vulnerable; North Korean missiles can reach the U.S., and Iran is developing nuclear weaponry; Obama has alienated our ally Israel and given their enemies millions of dollars; Obama’s administration is blaming their violence in Egypt and Libya on an obscure, amateur video–instead of taking responsibility for its own foreign policy failures

NATIONAL DEFENSE

Obama has slashed national defense budget; federal spending has been cut far more on the military than anything else

Result:Failure; U.S. Navy is at smallest level since World War I, putting national security at risk

ENERGY

Obama said he would develop alternative energy sources

Result: Failure; the president is blocking offshore drilling and development and distribution of domestic oil and gas; but he gave billions of tax dollars to foreign nations for offshore drilling; the president wasted more than a half-billion dollars by giving it to a company that was going out of business (Solyndra); gas prices have more than doubled since Obama took offic

HEALTH CARE

Obama said he would improve healthcare, lower the costs, and allow people to keep their own plans

Result: Failure; ObamaCare is increasing medical costs; mandates are taking religious freedom away from Christian-owned businesses and individuals; millions of Americans will lose insurance plans they are now satisfied with; Obama is taking $716 billion from Medicare and funneling it to ObamaCare; Obama’s putting together a panel (IPAB) that will ration medical treatment and deny it to some; the president suggested people denied medical treatment take pain pills, and also suggested they go to hospice and die

EDUCATION

Obama favors total federal control of public education

Result: Failure; Obama is forcing the radical homosexual agenda on public school students; he chose Kevin Jennings, an extremist who had previously encouraged the “queering” of America’s schools to spearhead “safe schools”; education in the U.S. continues to perform well below potential; thousands of college graduates are unable to find work in the failing Obama economy

FIRST-TERM GRADE: F