8/6/09: CNN Report Card Results (Second 100 Days): Tonight, 8pm EST [Archive]

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CGP

08-06-2009, 08:21 PM

http://reportcard.cnn.com/

You can keep voting in the forum polls too!

I will close the polls at 8 and do a tally of our own results for comparison purposes!

CGP

08-06-2009, 09:20 PM

Anyone watching?

VotingHillary

08-06-2009, 09:35 PM

CGP

08-06-2009, 09:48 PM

HOW THE FORUM VOTED!

Average grades based on scoring the individual grades people gave for each question: A+ (10 points) through to F (0 points)

A+ = 10 points, A = 9, A- = 8

B+ = 7, B = 6, B- = 5

C+ = 4, C = 3, C- = 2

D = 1

F = 0

In order of grades scored...Rounded to the nearest grade point...

A-
* Hillary's performance as SoS (8.1)

B
* Obama administration's performance in foreign affairs (5.5)

C+
* Joe Biden's performance as VP (3.6)

C
* Barack Obama's performance as president (3.2)

C
* Obama administration's performance on the economy (2.6)

C-
* Performance of your state's 2 senators (2.4)

C-
* Obama administration's performance on health reform (1.7)

C-
* Performance of the Republican Leadership in Congress (1.6)

D
* Performance of the Democratic Leadership in Congress (1.1)

D
* Performance of Congress (1.0)

D
* Performance of the Media (1.0)

Brooke

08-06-2009, 10:12 PM

I was in class, I didn't catch this.

The only person who got an A- from this forum was Hillary. Not that I'm shocked. :D

NativeSun

08-06-2009, 10:31 PM

I am watching the panel on Hillary's grade....and all I really want to do is SHOOT this rude panel. She is scoring A's, but every comment from the panel is so snide I'd like to just smack the beegeebees out of them.

I was particularly PO'ed by Gergen's comment, "I didn't know that the Tea Partiers were so good at organizing." As if the reason Obama didn't score that well was because so many of them went online and voted. Message to Gergen: Your relevance is fading. And why did they so quickly gloss over Hillary's high scoring?

Eminence

08-06-2009, 10:53 PM

Poor Donna, reduced to having to hold up her own printout of some graph (no it's these numbers! http://wordforge.net/images/smilies/LaLaLa.gif) when explaining her A- grade of Obama.

Noticed that she also ended up giving Hillary a higher grade. Maybe even she can tell now that people have a high regard for Hillary.

CGP

08-06-2009, 11:34 PM

The only person who got an A- from this forum was Hillary. Not that I'm shocked. :D

Yes, who would have thought!?! :p

joeysky18

08-06-2009, 11:54 PM

I was in class, I didn't catch this.

The only person who got an A- from this forum was Hillary. Not that I'm shocked. :D

I missed the vote. But you guys didn't disappointed me. :)>-

CGP

08-07-2009, 12:44 AM

CNN's final results added in red!

The national CNN results followed a similar pattern to the forum's results, with Hillary scoring the highest overall grade in the CNN report (C+)

HOW THE FORUM VOTED!

Average grades based on scoring the individual grades people gave for each question: A+ (10 points) through to F (0 points)

A+ = 10 points, A = 9, A- = 8

B+ = 7, B = 6, B- = 5

C+ = 4, C = 3, C- = 2

D = 1

F = 0

In order of grades scored...Rounded to the nearest grade point...

A-
* Hillary's performance as SoS (8.1)
CNN result: C+

B
* Obama administration's performance in foreign affairs (5.5)
CNN result: C

C+
* Joe Biden's performance as VP (3.6)
CNN result: C-

C
* Barack Obama's performance as president (3.2)
CNN result: C-

C
* Obama administration's performance on the economy (2.6)
CNN result: C-

C-
* Performance of your state's 2 senators (2.4)
CNN result: C-

C-
* Obama administration's performance on health reform (1.7)
CNN result: D

C-
* Performance of the Republican Leadership in Congress (1.6)
CNN result: D

D
* Performance of the Democratic Leadership in Congress (1.1)
CNN result: not included in report card

D
* Performance of Congress (1.0)
CNN result: D

D
* Performance of the Media (1.0)
CNN result: D

Suzan

08-07-2009, 12:44 AM

I took a quick look at CNN's scores. Whoa. They were really low across the board and of course, I'm thrilled that the media got trounced.

I expected Hillary to get higher than a C+. Obviously we're much more objective about her than the general public, lol.

CGP, thanks for doing this! Great idea--and it was FUN.

CGP

08-07-2009, 12:47 AM

Hillary's final results map:

CGP

08-07-2009, 01:13 AM

I expected Hillary to get higher than a C+. Obviously we're much more objective about her than the general public, lol.

Still, she received the highest grade of anyone across the 10 CNN questions! :thumbsup:

But if you look at the results map, all state results were either a B- or a C+, so her overall mark was probably a very high C+.

Spang

08-07-2009, 01:24 AM

"I give CNN an "F" for this whole grading idea. Wow, big tub of crap Bill Bennett gives Obama a "D"! What a shock." - Don Millard

CGP

08-07-2009, 01:28 AM

I give CNN an "A" for the grading idea - I had fun with it! :thumbsup:

VotingHillary

08-07-2009, 01:33 AM

Anyone else watch the actual program? What a rah-rah Obama Brazille was in her scoring. She is so out-of-touch with the rest of the nation, it actually became embarrassing. A's across the board for any Dem question from her. Even the pro-Republicans weren't so blatantly biased. Damn good thing she ISN'T running for office.

What I found most interesting is that CNN allowed the voting to continue DURING their broadcast and the grades didn't budge.

Also interesting, the states that have Senate re-elections coming up in 2010, graded their Senators a D.

I wonder if Specter sees the writing on the wall?

CGP

08-07-2009, 01:34 AM

What I found most interesting is that CNN allowed the voting to continue DURING their broadcast and the grades didn't budge.

I'm sure they weren't too happy that Hillary came out on top either!! ;)

(Wolf Blitzer was a very painful Hillary critic during the primaries)

foxyladi

08-07-2009, 10:05 AM