Presidents are often judged on what they accomplish, or fail to accomplish, during their first 100 days in office, and Barack Obama will be no exception.

The public has been using the first 100 days—that period between the inauguration on January 20 until roughly the end of April—as a benchmark to evaluate the early success and future potential of every president since Franklin Roosevelt was elected in 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, and established the artificial yardstick a...


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