President Obama you're doing great so far.

Thanks for your well thought out opinion piece

Babel-Fish thank you for this point of view.  I have often thought that too much credence is given to how a President performs in his first 100 days.  Most of us, unless we're a genius require that long to feel our way around a new job, let alone that of President of the United States. 

While there is no doubt that President Obama is one of the great orators of our time, it will take years to see how his policies affect both the world and US economy.  My feeling sometimes is that he is moving too fast to try to implement all of his campaign promises.  He was elected with high expectations, a task that could overwhelm anyone.

He is finding resistance from the Democrat Congress on the closure of GITMO, the enhanced interrogation memos have created a heated discussion affecting politicians on both sides of the isle, most notably Nancy Pelosi.  Despite bailouts, GM and Chrysler aren.t out of the woods yet.  His latest reversal on the release of pictures depicting  abuse of prisoners by American troops has landed him in hot water with the far left and the ACLU.  North Korea and Iran continue to thumb their noses at America.  The list goes on and on.

While his approach to international issues may be refreshing, it remains to be seen what the overall effect will be.

In summary, the Obama Administration has attempted to change America's approach in how it deals with the world, however the real effects of these changes remain something to be evaluated in the future.

hope we will see him as good outgoing president. Only thing world want is peace, non involvement of US in there internal matter.

Bob Obama is a bandaid.....he has literally done nothing so far. He has not kept his campaign promises, and the he has slapped more than 787 billion more of debt onto working or should I say non-working Americans. He increased the Military Budget of what Bush had.. I think the slogan anyone is better than Bush....surely does not include Obama..who carries the Bush mantle around the world.. ..He is doing a great snow job, smooze to the American people..... Oprah Winfrey would do more than this guy.

Rev. Jermano

Tonight I see Robert Gates is trying to redeem himself by supporting the closure of Guantanemo.. Now Gates has done some pretty sneaky stuff like when he advised Ronald Reagan to sell Weapons to Iran so they could use profits to sell weapons to the Contra's.. He knew very well that would betray Saddam....after all the weapons he sold him to fight Iran... This was one of the main reasons Saddam tried to reclaim Kuwait prompting the first War with Iraq...Operation Desert Storm....

Maybe Gates is seeing the light.. Now if he would support indictment of Cheney and Bush...for their war crimes.....that killed over a million innocent peoples. lives...I think he has a chance for redemption....and being a true American who admits mistakes..and goes after to correct them...

I say there is a glimmer of hope for Robert Gates.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_guantanamo...

Also President Obama has come out in support of tightening defense procurement... Not that it has anything to do with the current 5% increase to the military budget over Bush's watch... But at least he is acknowledging that the Military can be over bloated...as John McCain mentioned his abilities in stopping wasteful military spending during the debates.

This is a good gesture Obama...but far from the real promises he made during his campaign. All I know is a guy who makes promises to get a job, and does not do them when the people elect him to do them.....he merely brings more discreditably to not only the USA but to Democracy itself..  Another twinkle of hope...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090522/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_military_purchasing..

Rev. Jermano