The 100th day according to the A-list

Almost every major blog you can find on the internet today has a piece on President Barack Obama's 100th day in office. Everyone seems to have an opinion. I took a look at six blogs and their pieces on this monumental event and have posted my findings here.

Daily Kos

This blog featured quotes from several sources about how they felt about Obama's hundred days--without failing to comment on them, of course. Earlier in the day they had at the top of their page a video of Sean Hannity saying how he thought Obama was good for the GOP because he hasn't donw anything, etc., etc. This is an obviously left wing blog that is open to posting opinions...which is what I think makes it popular. People like opinionated stories that they can either agree with or make fun of.

Crooks and Liars

This blog had a video of Obama himself speaking about his accomplishments over the past 100 days. I thought this was interesting because, though this is also an openly very left-wing blog that pokes fun at those who they deem worthy of being poked fun at, they chose to post a very serious piece on this story--Obama himself. I felt this is popular probably for the same reason Daily Kos is.

Politico

Politico posted questions that they had for Obama after his first 100 days in office. These were questions that the average American should be asking and, I thought, led to real and constructive discussion on the topic. People on this site seem to be having serious discussions on all kinds of political happenings--which leads me to believe that is why it is well-known.

Daily Beast

When I looked at the Daily Beast, I thought I must be missing something when all I could find on the event was a post about Michelle Obama's first hundred days and another titled "100 days of PDA" Whether they were going for irony or are simply just much more soft news focused, these 100 days themed stories made me smile...in an I'm giggling at you, not with you kind of way. I've never been to the site before, but I have a feeling it is more enlightenment and entertainment driven--light-hearted in other words.

Barackobama.com/blog

The only thing that Obama's own blog had was a few words about how we should all watch tonight’s address from the president himself about his first days in office. There is only one good answer to why this would be a popular blog--it's (supposedly) from the president himself.

Talking Points Memo

This blog had a link to a thirty picture slide show of the first hundred days. The pictures were mostly of the president doing his job. TPM seemed to be mostly straight-forward and news-driven.

I feel like most of the blogs were waiting to post their big stories about the event until Obama's speech was over because when I went bacl nearly all had another larger story about what the president had just said.

And to be true to Youtube, here's something light-hearted about Obama's first days.

I like to come back to comedy and to things like Youtube because I like to see what regular people are thinking about the same things I'm thinking about--regular people as in not the politically immersed A-list bloggers.

Be sure to check out that entire series of videos. It looks like there are nine.