Assignment 10/14/14

Presidential Report Card

Name of President: George H. W. Bush

Number of Presidency: 41st

Years in Office: 4 years

In the following ten categories, grade your president from an A to an F. (You may “acknowledge” border-line grades with a – or a +).  You will need to give a 50 word justification as to why your candidate scored as they did. 

Category	Grade	Comments
Ability to handle and deal with a crisis	A-	I gave him an A- due to the fact that while he was generally wonderful at dealing with any crisis that arose, he made a mistake in continuing to stay in Iraq.
Ability to work with Congress and Cabinet	A	I gave him an A in this area because he always tried to do things so that all parties would agree and he went through congress several times to get different movements turned into laws.
Character and Integrity	A+	He receives an A+ for his character and integrity because he constantly tried to make the worst situation seem slightly better.
Education	B	I gave him a B due to the fact because he always tried to push for better education policies.
Empathy	B+	He received a B+ for this area because though he did try to do what was best for the people he never really asked for our opinion.
Foreign Policy	B-	The grade was a B- for the fact that he, like so many others, didn't step in and try to stop unnecessary killing in foreign countries because he was afraid it would cause conflict.
Relates to the common man	B	He relates to the common man fairly well so I gave him a "B."
Persuasiveness	A-	He received an A- because he managed to convince congress to allow the formation of some pretty ridiculous policies.
Political Experience	A	He gets an A for this area due to the fact that he was a Republican Party chairman, 2 terms in U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N, U.S. envoy to the People's Republic of China, and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Public speaking & Communication	C+	He receives a C+ for the fact that he had trouble getting his point across.