Obama's 100 days

What a ritual report card reveals this early in a presidency

President Obama's first 100 days have been "illuminating," said the Chicago Tribune in an editorial. A lot can change after the ritual observance at this early point in a presidency—it certainly did for George W. Bush, who was praised for his low-key leadership before 9/11 changed everything. But we do know that "the calm, thoughtful mien he displayed on the hustings was the real Obama."

"The most important thing we now know about Barack Obama, after nearly 100 days in office," said Joe Klein in Time, is that he intends his presidency to mark "a radical change of course." And not just from the path of his predecessor, or the 30-year Reagan era, "but also from the quick-fix, sugar-rush, attention-deficit society of the postmodern age."

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