During his Christmas special with Oprah, President Obama gave himself a "good, solid B-plus" for his first eleven months in office. I'm not seeing it myself, because after all, that is just a shade below an A-minus, and I don't think an objective assessment of Obama's first year in office would consider him an almost-A level student. That seems decidedly optimistic. (But, that's just me, and our differences of worldview would clearly affect why Obama might be so generous in his evaluation of himself.)
Unfortunately, for Obama, his assessment of himself is subordinate to the assessment of his constituents. It's our grade that ultimately matters. The first part of his grade will come during the mid-term elections in 2010, followed up by the next presidential election in 2012.
What about you? How would you grade Obama for his first year in office? 
UPDATE: It was reported today, "ABC News/Washington Post poll: Obama's approval rating hits new low". Apparently, the American people aren't as enamored with Obama's performance as he is.
With a job approval rating of under 50%, how could he think that a B+ is warranted? Even among Democrats his approval rating is 81%. I don't know what school gives a b+ for 81%, but I want to go to that one. :)
Posted by: Eric | December 16, 2009 at 10:46 PM
dude, if i'd a known he'd get absolutely nothing done in at least his first year, i'd have voted for him too! ha!
Posted by: andy | December 19, 2009 at 02:50 AM