{"id":2727,"date":"2009-04-29T09:58:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T14:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=2727"},"modified":"2009-04-29T09:58:29","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T14:58:29","slug":"obamas-100-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=2727","title":{"rendered":"Obama’s 100 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

[digg-reddit-me]Richard Reeves makes the observation that must underlie any evaluation<\/a> of the First 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency:<\/p>\n

[W]e know from observing the modern presidency that there may be very little relation between a president\u2019s first 100 days and the next 1,361. The presidency is essentially a reactive job; any president \u2014 be it John F. Kennedy or Barack Obama \u2014 inevitably becomes a creature of events unforeseen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll leave the lengthy evaluations of Barack Obama’s first 100 days to others – but I would wager that the most significant accomplishment of Obama’s short time in office has not been any legislation or government programs or foreign policy – but instead his turning around of the mood of America, giving hope where these was despair.
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