# Assess Obama's first-year performance

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assess-obamas-first-year-performance/525067>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 15, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assess-obamas-first-year-performance/525067 "2010-01-15T14:18:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assess-obamas-first-year-performance/525067/121 "2010-01-21T12:47:00Z")

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It’s not like he’s done nothing; he’s cleared a lot of the low- (and some not-so-low-) hanging fruit off his [list](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-kept/) as you might expect for the first year, and started work on [many other items](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/in-the-works/) which will take longer to deliver.

[That](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/promise-broken/) [said](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/rulings/stalled/)…

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