Obama: I'm 'Proud,' But 'Not Content'

(NEWSER) - President Obama directed his most direct criticism yet at anti-tax “tea partiers” today at a town hall event marking his first 100 days in office, Politico reports. Though studiously vague, Obama conceded that people watching “certain news channels on which I'm not very popular” might “see folks waving tea bags around. Let me just remind them that I am happy to have a serious conversation,” he said. More»

(NEWSER) - President Obama’s first 100 days have been extensively photographed by the likes of White House photographer Pete Souza, the New York Post reports. Souza tries to be “discreet,” but it might not be necessary: “You know, he’s kind of oblivious to my presence.” For an inside look at the president and the first family in photos released yesterday by the White House, click the Image link to the left. More»

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

(NEWSER) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:

• Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
• Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and Obama discussed before he accepted the position."
• Hillary Clinton: A-. “A significant, powerful, worldly, respected figure.”
• Tim Geithner: C-. “Still lacks constituency support where it counts.”
• Michelle Obama: A+. “Aced the traditional role of First Lady while simultaneously modernizing the office.”

Depending who you ask, Obama is 'elusive,' 'arrogant,' or 'preening'

(NEWSER) - Whoever the man in the Oval Office really is, he's not a traditional liberal, writes Gerald Seib in the Wall Street Journal. Rather than aiming to bolster government programs, President Obama "seems to see government as the way to prompt the changes he wants in the economy or society." But not all Republican writers are as ambivalent: More»

(NEWSER) - President Obama’s first 100 days have been momentous, to say the least. Here’s what his fans are saying:

• Obama is intent on remaking American culture, ending not just the post-Reagan era but the entire “quick-fix, sugar-rush, attention-deficit society of the postmodern age,” writes Joe Klein of Time. “Whether you agree with him or not, his is as serious and challenging a presidency as we have had in quite some time.”