Obama Says He's Getting 'Better As Time Goes On'

By Newsroom America Staff at 6 Feb 2012

(Newsroom America) -- President Obama, in an interview aired Monday morning, said he's getting "better as time goes on," adding that he believes he will be able to win a second term.

"What's frustrated people is that I've not been able to implement every aspect of what I said in 2008. Well, it turns out our Founders designed a system that makes it more difficult to bring about change than I would like sometimes. But what we have been able to do is move in the right direction," he told NBC's "Today" show.

"And you know what? One of the things about being president is you get better as time goes on," added the president.

Obama went on to defend his record thus far, arguing that he has made progress despite confrontations with Congress.

"We've been able to get a lot done. Not as fast as we want; sometimes it's messy; the process is frustrating," he said.

Obama was also asked to comment on current Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney, won the Nevada primary by a wide margin on Saturday.

The president declined to engage in a direct discussion of his presumptive opponent in the fall elections, but did mention Romney's effective tax rate. Obama has proposed raising taxes on higher earners.

"I do think the vast majority of the American people understand ... we want everyone to be successful, and nobody begrudges people who have been successful because they're making things, creating new products and services, that's the American way — but what people also want to see is that everybody is doing their fair share, that we're all pulling together, that we're creating ladders of opportunity for all Americans," he said.

"Whoever the Republican nominee is, I fundamentally disagree with the formula that would go back to the same policies that got us into this mess in the first place," he said.

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