Washington, Jan 28 : US President Barack Obama has said he wants to win the reelection "badly," insisting that he has proved himself to be a better leader now than when he began his stint, by learning from his mistakes that he committed “every hour, every day”.

"I make a mistake, you know, every hour, every day," The News York Daily News quoted Obama, as saying.

"There''s always things that you''re learning in the job. And I have no doubt that I''m a better President now than the day I took office just because you get more experience," he added.

He also said he wanted to win the reelection "badly."

“Whoever wins the Republican primary is going to be a standard bearer for a vision of the country that I don''t think reflects who we are,” Obama said.

He also took a direct dig at White House hopeful Newt Gingrich''s repeated claims that Obama is a “food stamp President."

"First of all, I don''t put people on food stamps," he said, adding: “People become eligible for food stamps. Second of all, the initial expansion of food-stamp eligibility happened under my Republican predecessor, not under me. No. 3. when you have a disastrous economic crash that results in 8 million people losing their jobs, more people are going to need more support from government."

Obama averaged a 44 percent job approval rating for his third full year in office which ended Jan. 19, according to a new Gallup poll. That is a slight dip from his second year average of 47 percent and much lower than his first year average of 57 percent. (ANI)