While President Obama can be graded, in my opinion, after the First Hundred Days, as a B PLUS, the same cannot be said for the Congressional leadership of both parties.
The House Democratic leadership has been forgetful of what they condemned when the GOP controlled the House from 1994 to 2006–accusations of heavy handed and one sided control by the Speaker and his team of leaders. Unfortunately, Nancy Pelosi has not been willing to promote a bipartisan spirit and has demonstrated lack of diplomacy in her dealings with the Republican minority.Â
At the same time, the House Republicans have been unwilling to consider cooperation on any level with Obama, so the leadership of John Boehner and Eric Cantor cannot be given a high grade either. I would give the Democrats a C and the Republicans a D.
The Senate also has seen tremendous partisanship by both sides, so I would give the Senate Democrats under Harry Reid also a C, and the Senate Democrats under Mitch McConnell at best a C MINUS.
It would be nice to think that there could be some cooperation between the parties in Congress, but at this point, there is still tremendous division and splits, and it seems unlikely that this situation will change at any point during the Obama Administration. 🙁  So Obama will accomplish what he can with unity among the Democrats, and strong opposition from the Republicans.