GoBama Go!
The scorecard is in, and Obama is getting some fairly good marks for his century mark in office. President Barack Obama has been analyzed (and skewered by the pundits), but to be fair it’s early days for the mammoth Stimulus and Recovery monies and programs to see beneficial long terms effects yet. The first hundred days of the Obama Presidency will long be remembered as a bulwark of hope after a long dry expanse of frustration by American voters. And the most easily forgiven.
One short term effect that has materialized is the hope materializing on the bipartisan level. Even while some Senators profess difficulty with federal spending while being asked to cut back on their own budgets, American citizenry have confidence the Stimulus can work. The funds have been distributed to the state governments who are now reviewing applications for grants and disbursements. President Barack Obama has made good on his campaign pledge to effect immediate change.
Instead of months and years of delays, Obama has been a highly visible highly accessible national leader with a face on the world stage. The obligatory call at Buckingham palace looked good on Obama, and so did the various round-robin meet and greet with heads of state around the world. Being Obama’s new best friend could have advantages to many world leaders without much to align with. Obama is well positioned to make broad changes and introduce a complex yet beneficial agenda.
The American Economy is like a wallflower who has lain against the wall sitting out the waltzes for the last few decades. Now the economy is poised under the spinning disco ball, waiting to see who partners up for the song of the century. Business and commerce is poised to rise in value in every industry. The amalgam of the American business model works on supply and demand. For too long, there has been no demand. Now many countrymen of Obama feel the shoe is on the right foot at long last.
The Stimulus money will be working to fund projects that include local trade wages and materials expenditures. Soon, these revivifying monies will be working through the economy to stimulate production, services, and sales. Seven hundred Eighty seven Billion dollars is a lot of money. But children’s healthcare to average American citizens has also been a long time coming. After so many years of Republican stranglehold on services, Obama’s activism seems less reactionary than ordinary
Some would argue Obama’s moves have been merely the common sense American taxpayers have been waiting over eight years for. Energy markets, environmental policy, and dependence on foreign oil may be the hallmarks of the biggest changes in American domestic management in decades. However, the calls for bipartisanship may sound strange in the ears of many dyed in the wool Democrats appalled at the stalling legislation put forth I the last decade or so.
But the real challenge is for President Barack Obama to last beyond the honeymoon period and get the approval rating when times are tough , not just when newly minted. President Barack Obama has made some ambitious campaign promises, and Americans are still waiting to see a lot of them come true. For many people, withdrawing from Iraq and equal pay for women is only the start of a broad agenda of social changes.
Certainly the Obama century mark in office rates highly in ambition and focus, but it is the concern of many observers that Obama is trying to get too much done, too soon. As the next 100 days pass, the United States of America will be decided further on the soundness of their nation, and their President.
