Mostly Good News:
The Senate just passed its financial reform bill. Assuming final passage in the weeks ahead, that means President Obama will have succeeded in all of his major legislative initiatives so far: the stimulus bill, the healthcare insurance reform bill, and now the financial reform bill.
The downside is that all of those bills suffered from conservative poisoning and lack of a grander progressive vision. So, all of them have a kind of oily aftertaste. But, on the whole, they're all necessary, helpful, and major accomplishments that will have long-term impact on the nation. He's also averted the financial meltdown, restored America's popularity abroad, gotten a much larger number of smaller bills passed through Congress, negotiated a major nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, and will shortly have appointed two Supreme Court Justices. So far President Obama has been one of the most accomplished presidents in American history, at least in terms of sheer volume of meaningful actions. Even conservatives have acknowledged his effectiveness.
Edit: And he won the Nobel Peace Prize, but I don't want to rub it in...too much. =)
