"Perhaps most importantly, Obama has taken a shaken nation, deeply disillusioned with government, and helped it believe again that politics is not necessarily a dirty word, that progress can be made, and that government can at least sometimes be trusted. Just as Roosevelt helped create confidence through his 'fireside chats' on the radio, Obama has proved to be an exceptional communicator on television, radio, and the Internet."
Alan Brinkley in The New Republic assesses President Obama's first one hundred days.
And in Slate, Christopher Beam and Chris Wilson present "100 days of Obama's Facebook news feed."
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Confidence Boost
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