Has it Only Been 100 Days? (Er, no, only 94 Actually)

Who was the last president who undertook as many issues, pieces of legislation and executive orders as Barack Obama has done leading up to the end of his first 100 days in office. Forget about comparing on numbers alone, how about the magnitude of the issues? Probably none in recent history and perhaps none in all of history.

Agree or disagree with the choices Obama has made in Economics, National Security and International Relations you have to admit that the man has been busy and hasn't shirked from fighting on multiple fronts simultaneously.

Not only has Barack Obama been working to resolve the immediate issues, but he has taken several steps toward trying to take a stab at long term problems with energy, financial oversight, education, and the environment to name just a few.

Again, you can agree or disagree with his plans (and most of us have at least 1 in both columns), but actually, that really isn't anywhere near as important as whether or not his plans wind up working.

Even if several of Obama's plans fail, and fail on a large enough scale that he is ushered out of office in 2012, the precedent for taking significant action on several crucial issues simultaneously will be set for the next Chief Executive. He or she will then know at least one direction not to take on those failed issues making it somewhat more likely that they will get it correct.