President Obama’s Six Month Scorecard

The World

President Barack Obama officially hit his half-year mark this weekend. As the airways are flooded with pundits, policy wonks and politicos, The Takeaway turns to the public to see how they think the president is measuring up. Joining our roundtable of voters ? including some we spoke to during the election season?are Tracey Rousey from Alberton, Georgia, Alice Craft-Kerney, New Orleans, Louisiana, Brian Hinkle, Chicago, and Pat Gallagher, in Louisville, Kentucky.

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