The Secret of His Success (Fareed Zakaria) from Newsweek
"No other American president in modern memory has faced a learning curve as steep as the one Barack Obama has encountered. ... And yet, by most measures, President Obama's first 100 days have been successful."
Makings of a Success Story (Editorial) from the Globe and Mail [of Canada]
"There are four elements contributing to Mr. Obama's success, which could be called the four Ps. The first is personality. The Obamas are horribly overexposed – Time magazine put the President on its cover for the 13th time in the past year – and yet, no matter how many speeches he gives, and however much the media obsess over the President, his wife, his children, their dog, the public asks for more."
Obama Shows Signs of Greatness (Editorial) from The Star [of Toronto, Canada]
"One of the most tiresome of the failings of journalists is that we find it almost impossible to praise politicians.
... This struck me forcefully in mid-week when many commentators reacted circumspectly to President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office. Typically, they'd give him a B-plus, say, or an A on one topic but a B-minus on another. This was so timid. Beyond doubt, Obama has the potential to be a great president – the U.S.'s most important and most creative since Franklin Roosevelt."
A Hundred Days of Hyperactivity from the Economist
"Buoyant polls and a defecting senator put Barack Obama in a strong position."
Souter Resignation a Win for Obama from Politics Daily
"Souter's successor is likely to be more liberal than he is and could be more influential."
'Shrink to Win' Isn't Much of a Strategy (Peggy Noonan) from the Wall Street Journal
"[Obama] is subtle and likes to kill softly. As such, he is something new on the political scene, which means he will require something new from his opponents, including, first, patience."
Republican Retreat from the Financial Times [of London]
"Mr Specter’s defection has intensified the civil war that has been raging among Republicans since the election as rival factions trade blame for the party’s predicament and offer starkly divergent prescriptions for its recovery."
Out of Touch (Bob Herbert) from the New York Times
"The incredibly clueless stewards of the incredibly shrinking Republican Party would do well to recall that it was supposedly Abe Lincoln, a Republican, who said you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. Not only has the G.O.P. spent years trying to fool everybody in sight with its phony-baloney, dime-store philosophies, it’s now trapped in the patently pathetic phase of fooling itself."
Specter's Epilogue (Terrence Samuel) from American Prospect
"In retrospect, it is interesting to note how early the signs of the implosion began to appear: The seeds of the GOP's current demise were sown in the triumphal moments following Bush's victory in 2000. "
Support for Torture Highest Among Most Devoutly Religious from Hot Air
A response to my query about why evangelical christians seem to support torture. Here's another from BeliefNet.
Poll: Almost Half of the Georgia GOP Think State Would be Better Off Seceding from Raw Story
At first, I thought I would let this story slip away as not worthy of being an official 'nugget' -- but then I read the comments section to this article (something I rarely do) and they were a HOWL!
"When asked if Georgia would be better off as an independent nation or as part of the United States, 43 percent of Republicans in the state selected independent nation, according to a poll published Friday."
African Americans Optimistic on Obama (Derrick Jackson) from the Boston Globe
"White Americans and African-Americans appear on many levels to be on an unprecedented path toward a shared view of the nation. A shared view can lead to a shared vision, giving birth to the dynamism that closes the racial divide once and for all"
Why Michelle Obama Inspires Women Around the Globe from CNN
"Heather Ferreira works in the slums of Mumbai, India, where she has watched thousands of women live under a "curse." ... Yet lately she says Indian women are getting another message from the emergence of another woman thousands of miles away. This woman has dark skin and hair. She walks next to her husband in public, not behind. And she has two daughters. But no one calls her cursed. They call her Michelle Obama, the first lady."
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