A: "Just what we've always needed in a president and rarely had: a low discount rate." Mark Kleiman, The Reality-Based Community

A: "Despite GOP recalcitrance, Obama passed a huge stimulus bill in record time and saw little damage to his public standing (69 percent favorable in the Daily Kos Research 2000 poll)." Greg Dworkin, Daily Kos

A: "This is, frankly, a bit of a silly question; he's been in office less than a month." Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns And Money

A: "A-, really. In the overall context, what he's accomplished already is fairly amazing. People may quibble over details and wonder why he hasn't addressed their specific issue, but getting that stimulus bill passed in three weeks? Come on." Tracy Viselli, Reno And Its Discontents

B: "Great on getting important legislation passed, had a learning curve on messaging but learned quickly and came out ahead. Areas of concern: Geithner, DOJ, Social Security." Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake

B: "The time is still early to grade, yet the fact that he got the stimulus through should earn him some kudos. He was on the defensive for a solid week and let the Republicans define the message. Once he went back to campaign mode, it became clear why this guy won." Brian Leubitz, Calitics

B: "He should have started with a higher number for the stimulus and should have ditched the 'bipartisanship' rhetoric as soon as it became clear the GOP didn't want to play ball -- but he's still pulled off an impressive job." David NYC, Swing State Project

B: "Considering he had to get past the party of Just Say No, not bad." Susie Madrak, Suburban Guerrilla

B: "I'm all for changing the tone in Washington and I like President Obama's attempts to reach across the aisle, but he must do a better job of addressing the right-wing propaganda machine. They're going to be battling him every step no matter how much bipartisanship he shows, and they're only getting warmed up now." Ellen Brodsky, News Hounds

B: "I don't know that an A grade is humanly possible." Barbara O'Brien, The Mahablog

C: "Anything better than Bush gets a passing grade. But Obama still hasn't done enough." Sean-Paul Kelley, The Agonist

B: "President Obama got his huge stimulus bill passed. Though I think it's a mistake, he accomplished what he set out to do. However, he also made it clear that he has no interest in bipartisanship." David Gerstman, Soccer Dad

C: "Obama campaigned on good intentions and responsibility. As president, however, those good intentions and responsibility are too often losing to political expedience and opportunity. That is less a reflection on Obama than it is an illustration of the cultural and structural problems of government and power." Jon Henke, The Next Right

C: "After a fast start on the transition, he's had a lot of stumbling a la Bill Clinton in 1993." James Joyner, Outside The Beltway

C: "He can't vet properly people he wants to work for him, blames Republicans for 'partisanship' when they can't even stop his legislation from passing -- and signs the greatest spending bill in world history. If it bombs, not only is he doomed, we are too." D.S. Hube, The Colossus Of Rhodey

C: "Not good, not bad. Too liberal on economic issues (and he has let Congress deal with this despite his own popularity; strange), but foreign-policy-wise, not bad at all." Michael van der Galien, PoliGazette

C: "Obama cannot afford to let the Democratic legislature drive his agenda. They will drive him off the cliff." Soren Dayton, The Next Right

D: "While 'job performance' is in the eye of the beholder, I don't see one shred of evidence that anything's changed since Jan. 20, except my children's great-grandchildren's children will get even heftier tax bills. Non-answers and an air of evasiveness seem to be standard fare when he or any of his mouthpieces are confronted with tough questions. Take away the teleprompter and, er, ah, um, Obama's uhhh, not... er, ah, that good." Doug Lambert, GraniteGrok

D: "'Stimulus' was a bait-and-switch which broke Obama's promises of transparency. Moving the census to the White House from Commerce is Chicago-style sleaze. When I voted for Obama over Clinton in the Colorado caucus, I was mistaken to think the result would be cleaner government." David Kopel, The Volokh Conspiracy

D: "Obama hasn't appointed a lot of far-left-wingers to major positions, hasn't yet precipitated a national security crisis, has maintained a number of Bush's national security initiatives, and hasn't lost his approval ratings. But his Cabinet picks aren't long on fresh faces or experienced executives; he's failed miserably at transparency, bipartisanship and clean government; his 'stimulus' package is a sinkhole of political favors; and his effort to get bipartisan cover for politicizing the census blew up in his face." Dan McLaughlin, Baseball Crank

D: "In less than a month he's managed to hold a Super Bowl party while kids and old people were freezing to death in Kentucky; show how inept he is in foreign policy by exhibiting weakness to Iran and the Russians; tick off our ally India; repeal Clinton's welfare bill work requirements; ban offshore drilling; appoint a bunch of tax cheats to the Cabinet; and pay off his political allies with a trillion-dollar spending bill. Heckuva job, Barry!" Robert Miller, JoshuaPundit

F: "He fear-mongered the largest spending bill in American history through Congress, telling us there wasn't enough time for debate, and then promptly went on vacation for four days before signing it. He's also had seven Cabinet nominations plagued with scandal and controversy, and his first 'prime-time' press conference was an over-scripted flop." Rob Port, Say Anything

F: "An administration not even a month old and already using scare tactics to rush through a questionable massive spending bill." Martin Solomon, Solomonia

A: "I hate to grade people on being obstructionists, but they're just so darned good at it! Really, who cares if the economy tanks as long as the GOP can engineer a comeback?" Susie Madrak, Suburban Guerrilla

C: "Striving for adequacy..." Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns And Money

D: "Yes, the GOP held together against 'more spending,' and yes, this excites a certain portion of the conservative base. But McCain's failure made it as clear as could be that railing against spending, earmarks, etc. is not a winning message, nor a platform around which broad coalitions are based." David NYC, Swing State Project

D: "Given their goose egg in the House and only three votes in the Senate, they almost earned themselves an F. However, they did manage to get themselves a lot of media play despite the fact that they have very little real power. Props for that." Brian Leubitz, Calitics

D: "Disorganized. Negative. Unfocused. And the fact that their leadership is out there admitting that their strategy is for the stimulus to fail? Incomprehensible. 'Hey constituents! I voted against extending aid to states so they could extend unemployment and health benefits. Sorry you lost your job, but at least your lack of unemployment insurance can be chalked up to fiscal conservatism.' Wasn't the slogan 'Country First'?" Tracy Viselli, Reno And Its Discontents

D: "Their game plan seems to be all obstruction, all the time." Ellen Brodsky, News Hounds

F: "They have rendered themselves worthless by not only trying to obstruct the stimulus bill, but by taking themselves out of the conversation altogether." Lee Papa, The Rude Pundit

F: "Perhaps I should give 'em an A in order to encourage them to stay on their path to irrelevant permanent minority party status." Kari Chisholm, Blue Oregon

F: "Didn't see how unpopular a political stunt at a time of crisis would be -- horribly out of touch with America and quickly being reduced to a regional party of no significance." Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake

F: "The right-wing extremists in Congress have become a cancer in our government." Barbara O'Brien, The Mahablog

F: "In the Daily Kos Research 2000 poll, the Republicans in Congress are down to 18 percent favorable. Awful numbers." Greg Dworkin, Daily Kos

F: "The Republicans left in Congress are not loyal to the country, and they would rather see America fail than see Obama succeed. After they are wiped out in the 2010 midterms, Obama and Congress will be able to get down to business cleaning up the catastrophe Bush and his rubber stamps left us with." Howie Klein, Down With Tyranny!

F: "The Republicans in Congress are a joke. The only thing they care about is the Republican Party. Their country? Please." Sean-Paul Kelley, The Agonist

F: "They've learned nothing, and forgotten nothing, since they profited politically from wrecking the Clinton administration. But the world has changed." Mark Kleiman, The Reality-Based Community

A: "United against intergenerational theft and reckless deficit spending. Too bad they didn't do the same under Bush." David Kopel, The Volokh Conspiracy

A: "Perfect." Michael van der Galien, PoliGazette

A: "Except for three RINOs." Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs

A: "They stood on principle and showed unity. Most importantly, Senator McCain opposed the stimulus package, which should serve as a caution to those who thought that President Obama would usher in a new era of bipartisan cooperation." David Gerstman, Soccer Dad

A: "Or maybe a B+. Despite the defections that got the porkulus bill passed and people like Geithner and Holder confirmed, the GOP has succeeded at drawing contrasts and making the Democrats take responsibility for their own plans to govern." Dan McLaughlin, Baseball Crank

B: "'Incomplete' isn't an option, so I'll give them a B for carving out a distinct position, getting back to their fiscal conservative roots and forcing compromises in exchange for very little." James Joyner, Outside The Beltway

B: "They've done a good job pointing out what a travesty the 'stimulus' bill is. It's just too bad they waited to lose the White House and their majorities in both houses of Congress before finally getting back to their fiscal principles." D.S. Hube, The Colossus Of Rhodey

B: "Being in the opposition is always easier than having the actual responsibility for failure, and they're making the best of it." Martin Solomon, Solomonia

B: "I admire their stand on principle, even though they're outgunned and outnumbered. However, based on the way Obama is perfoming, that may not last all that long." Robert Miller, JoshuaPundit

C: "About the only good thing they've done is unite, almost completely, against the stimulus. But then a bunch of them went home and bragged about the pork in the stimulus, and now some are talking about nationalizing the banks." Rob Port, Say Anything

C: "Republicans have finally rediscovered their limited government tendencies, if only because the incentive to oppose big government and the incentive to oppose Democrats have aligned. Unfortunately, they've had few, if any, good alternative ideas. 'No' is important, but it is not enough." Jon Henke, The Next Right

C: "On the economy and the bailout boondoggle, other than the three usual suspects in the Senate (and Judd Gregg), the Republicans are doing just what they should. They left me rather underwhelmed and disappointed by their performance during most confirmation hearings to this point. Where were the fireworks we've all come to love in Senate hearings for the last eight years? A little noise from our guys would have been nice." Doug Lambert, GraniteGrok

B: "An A- for Nancy Pelosi, a C- for Harry Reid. Sadly, as long as Reid refuses to put Republicans to the true filibuster test, things are likely to remain this way. But behold the magic of the conference committee!" David NYC, Swing State Project

B: "House A, Senate B." Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake

B: "Rather early to make an assessment." Robert Farley, Lawyers, Guns And Money

C: "Subtract Ben Nelson and you move up a notch. The House did its job by presenting a plan that would actually stimulate the economy. Unfortunately, in the name of compromise, it got worse. The jury is still out." Brian Leubitz, Calitics

C: "Still beholden to special interests and not willing enough to do what's right for the country." Sean-Paul Kelley, The Agonist

C: "The House actually has Democratic principles. The Senate Dems are far too willing to accommodate the Republicans. Sometimes I can't tell them apart!" Susie Madrak, Suburban Guerrilla

C: "The R2K poll has Democrats at 41 percent. Better than the GOP, but not stellar." Greg Dworkin, Daily Kos

A: "They won, and they are acting like they did. I don't blame them. The question is whether Americans at large are really in tune with what they have to offer. (My A rating is for using the power that is rightly theirs. I'd give the substance of what they put forth thus far an F.)" Doug Lambert, GraniteGrok

B: "Hey, they rolled up two years' worth of domestic agenda into one bill and passed it under the guise of 'economic stimulus.' I hate that it happened, but that's no mean feat." Rob Port, Say Anything

C: "Congressional Democrats are still trying to figure out whether they should navigate cautiously (the lesson of Clinton's first two years) or ignore Republicans and govern decisively. They've reached no clear conclusion yet, so their tenure so far has failed to define them. I think we'll begin to see more definition when we get past the stimulus and on to crafting other pieces of legislation." Jon Henke, The Next Right

D: "It's very amateur hour in both the House and the Senate right now." James Joyner, Outside The Beltway

D: "The Senate Democrats' refusal to seat Roland Burris came off as pique. Given recent events, perhaps they should have looked more deeply into the circumstances surrounding his appointment. And while they may be no more committed to bipartisanship than the president, they don't have his charisma." David Gerstman, Soccer Dad

D: "Spending other people's money like sailors on shore leave. Waxing indignant about mortgage woes and greed while leaving Rangel, Frank and Dodd in chairmanships. At least they get an A+ for chutzpah." David Kopel, The Volokh Conspiracy

D: "They're in danger of losing their majority faster than the GOP did after its 1994-2006 reign. Attempting to turn the U.S. into Western Europe both fiscally and socially ain't a winner, short or long term." D.S. Hube, The Colossus Of Rhodey

D: "Voting for a 'stimulus' that will end up costing the U.S. Treasury $3.27 trillion without reading it? Heh!" Robert Miller, JoshuaPundit

F: "They've been impressively unified, but that just means Democrats in non-safe states and districts are buying into the same sorts of things that lost them so many seats in 1994. The Burris fiasco is the most prominent of the eruption of ethical sores, many of them long-festering. Obama can try to blame Bush and ride out his own personal charm, but the economy was doing fine when the Democrats took over Congress." Dan McLaughlin, Baseball Crank

F: "Horrible." Michael van der Galien, PoliGazette