George Will keeps the first "100 days" in perspective

In the May 4 issue of Newsweek George Will comments on the "100 days". The closing paragraphs:

"The trajectory of Obama's presidency might have been determined by what he did in his first 100 days. His budget calls for doubling the national debt in five years and almost tripling it in 10. If the necessary government borrowing soon causes a surge in long-term interest rates, the result will be the 1970s redux—inflation and stagnation. If so, the 44th president will be remembered not as the second iteration of the 32nd (Franklin Roosevelt) but of the 39th (Jimmy Carter).

There were 43 presidents before the current one and there will be many more than that number after him. The nation that elects the 88th probably will remember little about what the 44th did. This does not mean Obama is unimportant. It does mean that he is in the middle of the broad, deep river of history, where the current is strong and will not be much bent by him."


Actions have consequences and BHO may not realize the unintended consequences of the left's policies. Perhaps he should have his Administration study the economy from 1977-1981, and the results of a failed Democrat Presidency. But whatever he does, we will work our way through it. It will be a shame BHO wastes his popularity with incorrect actions.

Read the entire column here.