An impressive list of headlines:

[scheming daemons]

"Last U.S. Combat Troops Leave Iraq"

"General Motors to Launch Stock Offering"

"Gulf Oil Spill Contained"


... Eugene Robinson speaks the truth.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/19/AR2010081904771_pf.html

This is a radical break from journalistic convention, I realize, but today I'd like to give credit where it's due -- specifically, to President Obama. Quiet as it's kept, he's on a genuine winning streak.

It's hard to remember that the inauguration was just 19 months ago. Expectations of the new president were absurdly high. If Obama had done back flips across the Potomac River, when he reached the other side he'd have faced probing questions about why it was taking him so long to cure cancer, solve the Arab-Israeli conflict and usher in an age of universal peace and prosperity.

But look at what he's accomplished in just the past few weeks. Let me highlight four recent headlines.
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[el_bryanto]

1. Yeah Obama's having a good couple of weeks.

And I hope his success continues; not so much for his sake but for ours.

He's still kind of a middle of the road guy who more frequently than I'd like sells out the liberal base.

Bryant

[jaxx]

2. It's all to the good.

President Obama has gotten more accomplished than many would even think of trying.

[semillama]

3. Considering how deep in the hole he started

it is pretty impressive. He has 8 years of Bush to clean up, after all. Would be nice to see some more action on environmental issues, but it is good that he's at least tying in economic recovery to developing cleaner energy sources and more efficient energy users. I'd like to see more talk about how Americans can save money by being more energy efficient - you'd think that would be something everyone can get behind, but in our partisan climate, that would be criticized as well.