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100 Days Report Card
100 Days Report Card

How’s Obama doing so far? The Daily Beast’s all-star team of analysts, from Christopher Buckley to Paul Begala, Sean Wilentz to Rep. Peter King, weigh in.

Obamas Big Night
Obamas Big Night

Watch five buzzed-about moments from last night's press conference, where topics like swine flu and economics took a second seat to the weirdest presidential question ever.

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Behind Obamas 100-Day PR Strategy

Could this be a "mission accomplished" moment for the new White House? Richard Wolffe on how David Axelrod and other top aides decided to mark the occasion.

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Obamas Bipartisan Triumphs

Contrary to conventional wisdom, says former Clinton budget advisor Matt Miller, Obama has reached across the aisle in his first 100 days. He's advancing GOP health, energy, and education goals-so why aren't the Republicans supporting them?

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Obamas 100 Million Question

Sure his ratings are still through the roof. But if he can't get his own cabinet to go along with his latest budget proposal, he will go down as just another tax-and-spend liberal.

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A Record Number of Czars

The bailout czar? The God czar? As President Obama appoints enough czars to impress a Russian nobleman, The Daily Beast has the goods on who they are and how they'll steer policy.

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Obamas Frenemies

As debate erupts on the Web over Obama’s visit with Chavez—was it an embrace or a blowoff?—Matthew Yglesias says that everyone’s missing the point: The more photo ops with our “enemies,” the better.

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100 Days of Panic

The arrival of swine flu at Obama's 100-day mark signals the challenges that will define his presidency. From financial panic to Islamic fundamentalism, a new wave of dangers is sweeping the planet.

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Obama Fired up at Health-Care Rally

Campaign footage of candidate Obama? Nope—that's President Obama, making his last public speech in favor of health-care reform on Friday at George Mason University, looking more passionate than he has since the election as he invoked the figures of Teddy Roosevelt and Ted Kennedy. CNN

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The House Is the Problem Now

With Thursday’s summit between President Obama and Republicans expected to produce no real breakthroughs, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is warning that he may lack the votes to pass health-care reform. "We may not be able to do all. I hope we can do all," he tells The Wall Street Journal adding that, while he supports a "comprehensive piece of legislation," “if you can’t do a whole, doing part is also good.” Benjamin Sarlin on Pelosi's challenge.

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