Amazing.
This president -- this presidency -- is amazing.
Obama has been in office for 14 1/2 months, and the world has changed for the better!
Nuclear Weapons
Today, President Obama and Dimitri Medvedev signed a "New START" treaty that will reduce all the nuclear weapons in the world by nearly one third. Obama said he would work toward a world without nuclear weapons. I think this is a marvelous accomplishment in Month 15.
The Economy
In this case, a picture is worth far more than anything I can say:
Maybe I should add this one, too:
Less than a month after he took office, Obama signed the stimulus bill into law. Four months after he took office, he signed credit card reform into law.
In March our economy added more jobs than it has in three years. I realize the economy isn't perfect. But what I hope Americans will realize is that the Recovery Act and other stimulus measures the Obama administration and Democratic congress put in place began to work almost immediately. Instead of remaining in free fall, the economy began to turn the corner almost immediately. We've had a shorter and shallower recession than we would have without those programs. And now jobs, a lagging economic indicator, are on the rise. We haven't climbed out of the hole but we are not sinking any more.
Health Care
President Obama and this congress accomplished what our politicians have failed to do for a century: Health insurance reform. The bill isn't perfect -- but it was what could realistically be accomplished in this political climate. Bravo. A year of debate culminated in a truly bipartisan bill, even if not one Republican had the courage to vote for it.
A few weeks after taking office, Obama signed an expansion of SCHIP into law, insuring about 4 million more low-income children.
By executive order, President Obama eased the Bush administration's odd, draconian restrictions on federally funded stem cell research. We can only imagine the positive impact this may have on medical research.
This list is by no means comprehensive. Now, I ask you this: Has any President in history accomplished more in his first 15 months in office?
Obama has been in office for 14 1/2 months, and the world has changed for the better!
Nuclear Weapons
Today, President Obama and Dimitri Medvedev signed a "New START" treaty that will reduce all the nuclear weapons in the world by nearly one third. Obama said he would work toward a world without nuclear weapons. I think this is a marvelous accomplishment in Month 15.
The Economy
In this case, a picture is worth far more than anything I can say:
Maybe I should add this one, too:
Less than a month after he took office, Obama signed the stimulus bill into law. Four months after he took office, he signed credit card reform into law.
In March our economy added more jobs than it has in three years. I realize the economy isn't perfect. But what I hope Americans will realize is that the Recovery Act and other stimulus measures the Obama administration and Democratic congress put in place began to work almost immediately. Instead of remaining in free fall, the economy began to turn the corner almost immediately. We've had a shorter and shallower recession than we would have without those programs. And now jobs, a lagging economic indicator, are on the rise. We haven't climbed out of the hole but we are not sinking any more.
Health Care
President Obama and this congress accomplished what our politicians have failed to do for a century: Health insurance reform. The bill isn't perfect -- but it was what could realistically be accomplished in this political climate. Bravo. A year of debate culminated in a truly bipartisan bill, even if not one Republican had the courage to vote for it.
A few weeks after taking office, Obama signed an expansion of SCHIP into law, insuring about 4 million more low-income children.
By executive order, President Obama eased the Bush administration's odd, draconian restrictions on federally funded stem cell research. We can only imagine the positive impact this may have on medical research.
This list is by no means comprehensive. Now, I ask you this: Has any President in history accomplished more in his first 15 months in office?
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