Question posed to the blogosphere...

Mad Sociologist bring up a good question. See below and comment at will.

What will be your criteria for assessing the effectiveness of an Obama Presidency. Obviously yours will be much different from mine.

I ask because I'd like to break away from the cult of personality style politics that is the norm. My criteria applied to Bush shows such a dismal record that I have a hard time understanding how anyone can stand up for him. Obviously, the criteria is different. So what is the criteria? Can we design a presidential report card by which to hold our candidates accountable? That's going to be my next project.