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"One of those fake holidays that journalists make up." That, according to NBC's Savannah Guthrie, is what Barack Obama's aides call the Hundred Days in the White House corridors. NBC seemed to agree, spending less time than its rivals on the President's performance. ABC and CBS both ran summary features and both brought in their Sunday morning anchors for an assessment. Face the Nation's Bob Schieffer noted Obama's ambitious agenda: "If the President's popularity stays as high as it is right now you are going to see him continue to push big." This Week's George Stephanopoulos praised Obama's #1 political accomplishment as being "to inspire a sense of confidence in the country," quoting improved right-track-wrong-track polling data to make his point.
As for the features, CBS assigned Lara Logan to its The First 100 Days--The Next 100 Days series. From Islamabad, she surveyed Obama's global initiatives from Turkey to Russia to China to France to Venezuela. Her top line was that "the rise of the Taliban in nuclear-armed Pakistan is the most urgent challenge on his foreign policy agenda." On ABC, Jake Tapper ticked off the highlights of "a busy domestic agenda" and "unforeseen economic problems" before concluding with three bouts of "turbulence" during the Hundred Days: North Korea's test fire of a rocket; controversial Cabinet nominations; and outrage at bonuses paid to insurance executives at AIG.
NBC's Obamawatch feature took the soft route. Norah O'Donnell looked at First Lady Michelle's Hundred Days now her approval rating is "even better than the President's."
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