Resolved: Obama's performance in the White House has not been successful

Thanks LK for this debate, as President Obama's reelection is an important issue for me. As per say the rules of this debate, I will only rebut one point this round (Jobs). Energy Conclusion Electricity generated from solar, wind, and geothermal has doubled since 2008. [1] It would be pretty naive to think that the largest investment in clean energy in history did not contribute to this accomplishment. America will now control 40% of the global lithium-ion battery market by 2015, not 2%. [2] This also occurred because of the Stimulus. American Natural Gas Production is at an all-time high. [3] America now has 13-14% of its total energy resources from Renewable, clean energy [4] EPA Safeguards could prevent up to 11,000 premature births, 130,000 asthma attacks, 5,000 heart attacks, 5,700 hospital visits, and 540,000 sick days being used [7] Obama has said that, until the Keystone pipeline has a real path that doesn't cross the nation's largest aquifer, he cannot threaten millions of our citizens. [5] [6] Obama has much less control of gas prices than global demand. Why would a president risk threatening his reelection campaign? Jobs It has been determined that the various economic bills that Obama has signed prevented a depression, or at least blunted the blade of the recession. The two economists I showed were not partisan affiliated, and your source proves this. In fact, one of the economists was nominated by Republican Gerald Ford, and the other as a part of Clinton's Economic Board. The facts [8] [11] : - Stimulus prevented a further - 6.5% decline in GDP - Employment would've been - 8.5 million jobs lower Because of the Stimulus, we now have: - A real GDP of 2% higher than it would've been - An employment situation with 2.7 million more jobs, and an unemployment rate of 1.5 points lower than it would've been So, although my opponent may even be right that GDP was slowly improving, the situation was still horrific. We were still losing hundreds of thousands of jobs a month, and GDP was still falling fast. I will show graphs in a moment. Plus, the Obama administration underestimated the recession we were facing by a long shot, and failed to calculate this in their studies. Same with economists. [10] Claims of Bias This is a hilarious point. If you voters so wish, look at my sources. From R3 on, the sources are all valid. My opponent is claiming that I am using horrible sources, but he himself is using sources from the Republican Party. Plus, my opponent's graph is grossly exaggerated. The percentage of Americans in the labor force fell only 2%, not the 80-so percent my opponent's graph has shown. The CBO is an independent group, that is non-partisan. The head is nonpartisan, and Independent as well. [9] Jobs Conclusion - Stimulus and other economic measures prevented a worse recession - Stimulus helped strenghten a natural recovery that was very weak originally - Obama signed Auto bailouts, which saved 1.4 million jobs, and put the Big 3 back into business with profits. GM is now back on top. - The economy has added 4 million private sector jobs over 25 consecutive months of job growth. [12] - Maufacturers have added 400,000 jobs since Feb. 2010 - Multiple Free Trade agreements will help double US exports and boost the economy [13] Foreign Policy Conclusion - Osama bin Laden is dead, and nearly all of al-Qaeda's top leaders are also dead [14] - Worked with world leaders to overthrow Qaddaffi regime [15] - Ended War in Iraq in a responsible way - Strenghtened our alliances with other nations, the US is much more popular overseas now Conclusion -Obama has improved in the energy sector. -Obama has succeeded in the jobs sector. -Obama has succeeded in the foreign policy sector Sources: http://www.debate.org...******Since I have some characters left over, I will have a little fun *********After you have seen all my points, one last thing is to consider who is (or could be) a better President based on their character: Considering the facts; Vote Contra