For many of a president we have always heard about the all important 100 days of a person's presidency. My question is why? It seems the benchmark was FDR - but from what many a historian said there was not much done during those 100 days. Ike was trying to improve his golf swing. Next came JFK. Well, I am still trying to find out what he did in those first 100 days except maybe find the best hiding places for his stash of women. LBJ was being chased by the ghost of JFK. Tricky Dick was hiding recording devices. Ronnie; Well. Then good ole Bill Clinton. He was just getting to know the interns during his first 100 days.
Now this is not to say that all the above were not good presidents; cause they all had their accomplishments. It is to say that the 100 day benchmark is hogwash. Heck, when someone gets a new job the probation period for the position is usually 90 days. I guess the president gets 10 extra days.
All I do have to say is if we are going to still use this yardstick to measure the starting point of a presidency then we may have to forget FDR,IKE JFK,LBJ,Dick, Ronnie and WJC and start to consider President Barack Obama's 100 days.
He has tackled some pretty heavy duty issues; albeit they still need some solving. He has restored civility and honor to the USA's reputation. But still it is only 100 days and that is too soon to judge. Although, if you had to judge I would say these first 100 days of President Obama's are just as historical as his election.
Like any normal human being, I can only assume that even the President of the United States is just getting acclimated with the position 100 days into it. Then again I would also assume that the President of the United States is not any normal human. So even though we should hold the presidency to higher standards - we should also realize that these men; and soon women; are human and if their first 100 days are good, bad or indifferent, we can only hope their tenure is a super success.
