Sizing Up Obama's First 100 Days

The President almost seemed apologetic. "This may be a slightly longer speech than I usually give," he told his audience at Georgetown University on April 14. "This is going to be prose and not poetry." What followed, as promised, was not poetry. Barack Obama doesn't do much poetry anymore. But in prose that was spare and clear and compelling, the President proceeded to describe how his Administration had responded to the financial crisis, the overriding ... Full Story »

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Fabrice Florin
3.9
by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 27, 2009
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Norman Rogers
1.9
by Norman Rogers - Apr. 27, 2009

Now Obama is Moses. Bad even for Time.

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Nishelle Robbins
3.7
by Nishelle Robbins - Apr. 27, 2009

It's quality journalism in the fact that it is accurate and fair. However, the lead is eye-catching but short and weak and it was a struggle to keep my attention to it. A great story would keep me reading, not begging for the end. Even the photograph doesn't help the story.

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Garrett Valenzuela
3.9
by Garrett Valenzuela - Apr. 27, 2009

Pretty interesting lead sentence. Then to follow, he describes an unbiased view of the presidents first 100 days. i enjoyed this piece.

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Matija
4.2
by Matija - Apr. 27, 2009

yes. great overlook of Obama's 100 days

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Gabby
3.2
by Gabby - Apr. 27, 2009

This article is entertaining and well written, I like that it is not necessarily hard news. However, i feel that this is a biased article. it seems that the writer is purposefully portraying Obama as a type of hero.

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Kathryn Moffet
3.6
by Kathryn Moffet - Apr. 27, 2009

I liked the way this story is presented.

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Chad Linderman
4.0
by Chad Linderman - Apr. 27, 2009

The story is incredibly well written and appears to have a fair, nuanced point of view. Klein obviously did a fair amount of research as he compares Obama's first 100 days to those of former presidents.

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