Obama pivots from first 100 days to rest of agenda

Obama pivots from first 100 days to rest of agenda

By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON – His first 100 days behind him, President Barack Obama expressed confidence about the next hundred and accelerated his drive toward contentious goals — sweeping health care overhaul, new rules to curb global warming and financial sector reform — even while working to end a recession and two wars.

"I'm pleased with the progress we've made, but I'm not satisfied," Obama said Wednesday in Arnold, Mo., the battleground state he chose to mark the milestone. By evening, he was to hold a news conference from the White House, the third of his presidency aired on prime-time television.

Obama's intensive schedule for the day demonstrated the degree to which the administration sees both possibility and peril in the symbolic 100-day marker.

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The opening act of the Obama presidency has been head-turning, not only for the dire times in which he took office but his flurry of activity.

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