President Barack Obama began his term with record approval rating. The 83% Obama rating on inauguration easily topped John F. Kennedy's inaugural approval rating of 72%, the previous record set in 1961. Just three days later, however, President Obama's approval rating tumbled 15 points to 68% after his executive order on the controversial issue and as the details of his economic plan and religious beliefs began to emerge. President Barack Obama's current rating is driven by his policies on the economy, as well as abortion, including of born babies, homosexuality ban and marriage, the threat from Iran, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and suffers from racism. Like the Presidents before him, President Obama and his White House handlers are doing their best to manage the media and the public's expectations and rating of his performance. Continuing to be kept from the limelight are President Obama's plans for the Supreme Court, his Muslim heritage, and his eccentric beliefs about God that continue to impact our nation. For the reasons linked above, below and right, our rating of President Obama remains a D.
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