Obama’s hundred days of ambition
If he succeeds in his policy goals he will be regarded as a great president, and rightly so. If he fails, he will be accused of hubristic overreach, with equal justification. He has set himself Herculean challanges
Obama’s first 100 days
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Chrystia Freeland: Wall Street and Obama
As the White House celebrates its first 100 days, a decidedly gloomier group on Wall Street has moved into the second of Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief, writes Chrystia Freeland
Hyperactivity amid economic mess
Nimble in dodging disaster, the president finds he is hampered mainly by Democrats, says Edward Luce
Hope tempered with scepticism in Midwest
Residents of Elkhart, an Indiana manufacturing town that has seen the largest jump in unemployment in the US this year, are unsure if President Barack Obama can provide a solution to the economic crisis
Obama foreign policy spotlights engagement
US president Barack Obama has made clear his belief that engagement itself is the abiding theme of his foreign policy
Defection gives Obama 100-day boost
President Barack Obama was presented with a timely 99th-day political windfall when Republican lawmaker Arlen Specter switched parties, giving the administration the prospect of a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the US Senate.
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Assessing Obama
A hundred days is all one needs to understand the Obama administration’s agenda, thanks to the need for a rapid response to a worldwide crisis
Short View: The first 100 days
As far as the market is concerned, Barack Obama’s first 100 days do not compare with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s in 1933, says John Authers
One hundred days of platitude
Commentators are desperately trying to write something original about Obama’s first 100 days in office but most are sticking to tried and tested formulae, writes Christopher Buckley
One hundred days lived in parallel
Everybody and their grandmother is already writing about Barack Obama’s first 100 days as president, so I thought I’d take a different tack: to compare his with mine (last, of course, not first) and see what happens, writes Jurek Martin
Flashes of brilliance, but Barack could do better
When asked to assess how Barack Obama scored in eight key topics after 100 days of his presidency, our experts were undaunted by the hype, writes Edward Mortimer
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