Obama Dismisses Palin "Failing Grade"

The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate graded Mr. Obama's job performance a four out of 10 during an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters that aired Tuesday – part of a media blitz to promote new memoir "Going Rogue: An American Life."

But the president didn't seem concerned about his potential rival in 2012.

"Obviously Mrs. Palin is out there selling books right now and I think she'll do very well," the president told CBS News White House correspondent Chip Reid. "She and I have different political philosophies and it's probably not the person I look to to see how our administration is doing."

In other interviews Wednesday, Mr. Obama said he probably won't read the book - already a best seller before its release Tuesday but one that's been criticized as factually inconsistent and against former McCain campaign aides and the media.

Mr. Obama in Beijing, China before departing for Seoul, South Korea, where he wraps up a nine-day trip to Asia.

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