The deluge of first 100 day evaluations of President Barack Obama has begun, but one of the most interesting discussions came on Meet the Press with istorian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Newsweek Editor John Meacham.
A counter cultural presidency? The leadership of patience? A dangerous expansion of the federal government? A President who paces himself and replenishes his spirit? And what does a recent poll say? Consider:
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Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.