He did a lousy job. Horrible. He didn’t even negotiate much less talk about anything of significance. A measly 12 hours of federal spending? A mere 0.137% of the total budget? He held this nation’s spending at bay for that???
He caved and caved big. All it took was Obama threatening to veto something and Bonehead caved. When Bush would say he might veto something the Democrats rammed it down his throat. They called his bluff and got their way.
When Obama claimed the military wouldn’t get funding I’d have passed the military appropriations bill, jammed it into Obama’s face and publicly dared him to veto it. He might have, for about half a day, until the public turned on him. Bonehead didn’t have the guts. He is a DC polidiot and entrenched in the swill.
Yes, he did have problems... not getting the military out of the problem was definitely key.
As to other problems, I say he did well for the problems that he faced. That is okay that you disagree - many Democrats also disagree (sorry, not trying to mix you with them)... just that many will and do disagree...
I can only say that I think that he did a good job within the parameters that he had to work. That is of course the problem as seen by the media...
He did the best political job that he could do under the circumstances (says he - I wanted better)...