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Obama's First 100: What's your opinion of President Obama's first 100 days in office... do you approve or disapprove?

23.37% Approve
76.62% Disapprove
0% No Opinion

Comment: i think he is doing a wonderful job compared to the last 8 years! hopefully he will be able to address all these issues in the next two-three years. if he is upsetting alot of conservatives...i know he is doing his job to better america! from p'cola fl by h

Comment: in order to get elected he promised whatever the audence wanted to hear. nothing but lies. he is scum from milton/florida by michael

Comment: He knows how to talk but he has no idea how to solve the problems we face. from Pensacola, Fl by Pam

Comment: Deficit reductions?!! He has more than doubled the deficit that was accumulated under a Republican than spent like a drunk Democrat!And that's just his first 100 days. by Jim

Comment: Let's see, he bowed to a King, he apologized for our actions when none was ever needed, he hasn't filled any promises. So I'd give him a D for the first 100 day grade. from Bellview by Rob

Comment: No longer a government for the people and by the people, but a government by the government for the government. Look at how the democratic party is taking over companies and get ready for the taxes to pay off this debt. WOW, do I ever feel sorry for the children of today! Their going to get to pay for all this!!! from Pensacola, Fla by Charles

Comment: Don't approve. Hasn't followed his own plan and his administration plans to cut VA benefits and wants war injuried disabled veterans to pay for their continued health issues. That is wrong. He has been known to move ahead on this agenda without all the facts or research. from FWB, FL by Jon

Comment: He's got the media on a string like a puppet. He's a complete embarrassment to this country. He has no idea what he's doing and will take away everything from the hard working Americans like me and give it to those who don't give a damn. from Gulf Breeze, FL by D

Comment: Those who disapprove...why were you not running for President.Of course the only thing that matters is you better support him as he won the election.And not by disapproval. from Pensacola,FL by D

Comment: I think he is doing a great job in an extraordinarily difficult situation. He has certainly been busy. He had a plan,and he has been executing it despite little help from across the aisle. I like that he continues to emphasize that we all pull together. from Navarre by Pete

Comment: He promised that I should be able to buy into the same type of health care that he had as a Senator but has not delivered. The economy is also still terrible no help there either. from Pensacola, Fl by Larry

Comment: This is not Chicago. You have to have a Chicago sense of humor to nominate someone who owes back taxes to head up the IRS. And that is only one of many that have problems in their backgrounds. from Pensacola, Fl by Oscar

Comment: He has overspent, by many billions, taxpayer money that will require more years to repay than most of us will be around for. The most tragic thing about it is that in an effort to boost our failing economy, most of this money has been wasted on fundings and bailouts that would never REALLY have helped in the first place. Now it is gone for good; too bad you can only spend it once! from Molino, FL by E

Comment: He is another Hitler with smoke and mirrors. from pensacola, fl by ray

Comment: The greatest generation saved the world. Obama has called it quits on the Global War On Terror (its OCO), is closing Gitmo, releasing photos of over zealous interrigation making it so the CIA agents don't want to question AQ anybody. Oh yea and hasn't saved any jobs or gotten any new ones and is introducing a cap intade tax that will prevent us from growing out of the current resession. I'd call that a success, for the Soviets. from N by T

Comment: What Changes. He has promised jobs but company still are laying off workers by the hundreds. He has promised better education for our kids but there laying off school teachers, He promised to lower takes but they continue to rise. He promise's to take up the border reform but yet immigrants still contine to cross the border and we continue to support them when their here. from Pensacola by Greg

Comment: Best president ever...... from pensacola fl by Katrina

Comment: I didn't believe him as a candidate, I still don't trust him; and I'm still stuck on whether or not he's a citizen of this country. from Mary Esther, Fl. by Tom

Comment: I hope that Obama's statement that "America does not torture" does not make him a hypocrit when they try to force him to Pardon Bush & Chenny for approving torture techniques. from Pensacola, FL by Jon

Comment: He is spending us into oblivion. His constant apologizing to every country and his "buddying up" to dictators is absolutely shameful! The tax increases he said we would not get are coming next. from Niceville by Ed

Comment: He is tearing America apart in a blink of an eye. It needs to stop before my children are broke before they even finish school. He is spending money as though it belongs all to him, and the public has no right to complain. It is time to stop and be accountable for the carefree spending spree HE is on. I don't remember working for him to take the money I work hard for. from Pensacola, FL by Theresa

Comment: i have not agreed with his agenda, giving billions of our hard earned money away. times are hard and he will be making it harder for us and the next generations who will inherit this mess of deficit anad lack of moral issues he seems to promote, not to mention some of the yo yo mentality he and the staff have from milton, FL by robin

Comment: We now have hope that ethics and morals will return to our USofA. The President is doing a superb job and has gained the 'trust' of the American majority. May God continue to bless and give him perservance. from Milton, FL by C

Comment: President Obama is not cutting it. I give him a grade of F. from Gulf Breeze by Ben

Comment: He is trying to turn us into a socialist country, basically telling us what and when to do something. But as to how he has done in the White House, we are in the WORST EVER RECESSIONI've ever lived in. We are in more economic and financail problems as I've ever seen. I am a small business owner who has been in business since 1987, WHERE IS MY STIMULUS CHECK and Gov help. My personal opionin of the man he is COMPLETE IDIOT WITHOUT A CLUE!!! from Pensacola, FL by Deana

Comment: The republicians took 8 years to screw up everything and now the so called "conservatives" are complaining because it is taking very strong measures to correct the problems. They have been listening to WCOA and Rush Lembaugh far too long. from Pensacola by Robert

Comment: All i'm hearing is conservatives whining. Wah, wah, wah. Taxes are too high. Bush ruined this country the past 8 years and I haven't seen a more dedicated president than Barack Obama. He's taking care of this failed economy. He's helping out the middle class. And still, conservs wah, wah, wah! If Bush was more like Obama, we wouldn't be in a recession. from Creola, AL by Neal

Comment: He is a disdrace to the office of the President. He is ruining the country, by printing money to pay our bills, driving inflation, weaking our dollar value, and putting us so deep into debt that four generations will still be paying for it. All this to fix an economy that is only going thru a natural cycle. On top of that he is going to release terrorists and stop advance interrigation techniques that have saved lives repeatedly. from Navarre, FL by AC

Comment: Strongly disapprove of his alliance with Chavez and other leaders that have been insulting to the USA, and opening up sending money to Cuba. from Milton, Fla by Al

Comment: Where will the money come from to pay for all the give aways? The non working as usual will not have to worry about it, but will reap the benefits. Our greatest sins will be the debt we leave our children. from Milton by H

Comment: How can we survive 3 1/2 more years? Just print more money. from Crestview FL by T.M.

Comment: overspending, big govmt from Milton by Richard

Comment: I didn't want him in to begin with. He's giving away all our money. Robing from the poor to give to the rich. The man has no sense of the value of a dollar. He's going to bankrupt this country. All that bailout money came from my pockets, and yours. Tax rebates? Stimulus checks? All that money has to come from somewhere. It sure isn't coming out of his pockets. Not the Congress or Senates pockets either. And they're STILL closing our schools, firing our teachers, bus drivers, law enforcement, etc. I say "impeach him now, before he does anymore damage". from walnut hill, fl by Shelley

Comment: I'm concerned that we are losing the country that has been an example to the world for the last 200+ years. We are losing individual rights and responsibilities to the government. I don't know how future generations of Americans, assuming we survive as a nation, will pay for the government interventions and excesses. Are we in the first 100 days of a dictatorship? from Pensacola / Fl by Rick

Comment: Throwing money at these wall street tycoons that have already stolen billions from working people is an absolute insult to the people that have been paying their taxes and to give them our tax dollars is an insult to our intelligence. Bailing out banks with our tax dollars is just a slap in the face to hard working Americans . If he wanted to stimulate the economy....he could give those billions back to the working people that paid the money in to the government to begin with and let them pay off their mortgages or buy a new home or a new vehicle or invest the money and that would have stimulted the economy in a much better way and he would have the entire country behind him. If he wants more money to give away, get rid of the IRS and pass a national sales tax instead and that way he would get everbody that buys anything.........would make tax collections a whole lot easier. We file monthly sales taxes for every state so it wouldn't be too difficult to file a federal sales tax return monthly and the government would see a huge increase in revenue. Giving bailout money to the same crooks that stole it from the working people to begin with is an absolute disgrace. from Pensacola, FL by Linda

Comment: His intelligence and compassion are a welcome and much-needed change. from Crestview, FL by Kymberly

Comment: I'm concerned that we are losing the country which has been a leader in individual liberty, rights, and responsibilities. It's being replaced by a government that seems to be orchestrating the takeover of our economy and our individual initiative. Obama's PR machine is marvelous. He is a very bright individual that is surrounded by those of similar thinking. We are leaving the individual and moving very rapidly to the collective. I wonder when our uniforms will be issued. from Pensacola / FL by Rick

Comment: Disapprove. His excess spending in the first 100 days will cause the rest of us much heart burn in years to come. His "soft" stance on issues outside US will cause us to be discounted by others. from Gulf Breeze, FL by Don

Comment: - too liberal!! - spending crazily! - truely believes he is our savior! from Cantonment, FL by Bill

Comment: I BELIEVE HE HAS DONE AS GOOD A JOB AS ANYONE COULD HAVE DONE AT THIS TIME IN HIS PRESIDENCY. JUST GIVE HIM A CHANCE(and see what happens). from FL by JAMES

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