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Friday, January 22, 2010
CEI Report Card for the Obama Administration
Competitive Enterprise Institute: Washington, D.C., January 20, 2010—One year ago today, Barack Obama took the oath of office as President of the United States. Since then, he and his appointees have had the opportunity to begin implementing their policy agenda, with notable results throughout the federal government’s departments and agencies. The analysts of the Competitive Enterprise Institute have assessed the administration’s first-year performance and assigned grades accordingly.
D- White House (overall) ― Barack Obama, President
Grader: Fred L. Smith, Jr., President
D+ Department of Agriculture ― Tom Vilsack, Secretary
Grader: Frances B. Smith, Adjunct Fellow
D Consumer Product Safety Commission ― Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Chairman
Grader: Angela Logomasini, Director of Risk and Environmental Policy
F Department of Energy ― Steven Chu, Secretary
Grader: Iain Murray, Vice President for Strategy
F Environmental Protection Agency – Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator
Grader: Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Global Warming Policy
D Federal Communications Commission – Julius Genachowski, Chairman
Grader: Ryan Radia, Associate Director of Technology Studies
F Federal Trade Commission – Jon Leibowitz, Chairman
Grader: Michelle Minton, Policy Analyst
C- Food and Drug Administration – Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner
Grader: Gregory Conko, Senior Fellow
F Immigration and Customs Enforcement – John T. Morton, Assistant Secretary
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services – Alejandro Mayorkas, Director
Grader: Alex Nowrasteh, Policy Analyst
F Department of Interior – Ken Salazar, Secretary
Grader: R.J. Smith, Senior Environmental Scholar
F Department of Justice – Eric Holder, Attorney General
Grader: Hans Bader, Senior Attorney
D Department of Labor – Hilda L. Solis, Secretary
Grader: Ivan Osorio, Editorial Director
C- Office of Management and Budget – Peter Orszag, Director
Grader: Ryan Young, Journalism Fellow
F Public Company Accounting Oversight Board – Daniel L. Goelzer, Acting Chairman
Grader: John Berlau, Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs
D Securities and Exchange Commission – Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman
Grader: John Berlau, Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs
F Department of Transportation – Ray LaHood, Secretary
Grader: Sam Kazman, General Counsel
D Department of Treasury – Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary
Grader: Wayne Crews, Vice President for Policy
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2 Comments:
Obviously they didn't grade on a curve to level the playing field so nobody would get their feelings hurt and their self esteem damaged.
Strange definition of non-partison.
"Obama's long march to socialism"
Sounds plenty partison to me
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