HuffPosters Look Ahead To Obama's Next 100 Days

After spending Wednesday analyzing and grading about President Obama's first 100 days in office, it's time to look ahead. Today is the first day of the rest of Obama's presidency and there is much to be done. The Huffington Post asked readers what they hope to see happen over Obama's next hundred days and here's what they said:

Michelle Hensley, Minneapolis, MN:
Please let Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers go. Their ties to Wall Street are much too strong for the fresh perspective we so sorely need. I am so worried about the hundreds of billions of dollars we are giving to the banking industry with no strings attached, and poor results. Wall Street execs responsible for the crisis must be fired. Fairness and justice in Wall Street compensation matter HUGELY to restore the trust and confidence of the American people.

Doug Grinbergs, Coulder, CO:
One of the most troubling signs from the new White House is the apparent willingness to issue torturers and other apparent war criminals a free pass in the name of looking forward and moving on. We must investigate, demand accountability and serve justice - from foot soldiers all the way to the top White House lawyers and their boss(es)!

Sofia Torres, Los Angeles, California:
"President Obama should further cut wasteful spending by giving time off for good behavior for non-violent drug offenders. A staggering amount of state and federal inmates are serving excessive sentences. Treatment instead of incarceration should be adopted on a national level. Millions of dollars and thousands of lives would be saved."

Deanna Reddick
Economy--Health Care--Economy--Health Care!

Franklin W. Liu, Malden, MA
That President Obama's is the 44th president and the first African-American U.S. President is historic. The seeming adulation for Obama wherever he travels to abroad in Europe, South America and soon to Asia ought not to be misunderstood as some faux world-mandate...

Obama's success will hinge on him accepting the reality that he was elected as an American
president to protect and to advance American interest first around the world. That he sees his own legacy as the beloved "Preeminent leader of the world" is a curiously misplaced notion, as America's prestige and power are waning and being challenged around the World.

Dan Grossman, Cleveland, OH:
I would like to see the issue of marijuana legalization reexamined. I am not, nor have I ever been a pot smoker. But the drug laws in this country are ridiculous, and prisons, particularly privatized institutions are profiteering off of the underprivileged.

I am glad the administration is going after the banks to straighten up their act. Next, go after insurance and utility companies. They are gouging people left and right and the middle class tax payer (I am one of them) cannot support this greed for much longer.

Joseph McKenna
Publicly endorse the investigation and trial of bush, cheney and all their co-criminals.

Ryan Akins, Sherwood, AR:
President Obama should appear on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. I'd like to see a real interview, and perhaps RIM could pay for limited commercial interruptions.

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Comments

[ggmome]

What, pray tell, did you demand from the dufus in the prior Administration over the last eight years?

The TRUTH was not even given!

[Balzac]

Funny picture - Looks like Barack is trying to clarify his mind by tweaking his eyebrow up like a vulcan. That should help him keep a clear a dispassionate state mind...

[Gib]

We want him to follow through on his campaign rhetoric, and make real changes, instead of perpetuating Bush-era policies.

[redsongia]

We want Limbaugh to go get a real job, building bridges or something, so the man can work in peace.

[YouBetterCallTyrone]

I would like to see President Barack O'Bama hold Mayor Daley and the Hamburg Gangsters right along with his Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel accountable for making Thousands of Public Housing Residents Homeless throughout the nation while Patrick Fitzgerald locks up people who really was trying to help the poor who are suffering from the "No-Way Out" Syndrome as discovered by Yael Fischman an Ortho-Psychiatrist in my new ook released May 1, 2009:

http://www.publishersgraphicsbookstore.com/The-No-Way-Out-Syndrome--Robert-Taylor-Homes-Coup-detat-by-Tyrone-Galtney_p_374.html

[petef59]

Enough with the self-esteem program for all executives and leaders that made average citizens responsible for those leaders mistakes. They got their money, now we want some consequnces for their actions. Nationalize the banks, put people in jail using SEC regulations. And finally, support EFCA

[wonketteRAWKS]

“The first thing I’d do, as president, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing that I’d do.”

speech to Planned Parenthood July 17, 2008

[Demo4Life]

I want him to actaully make progress so these worthless Obamabots on this site will actually be right about something for once.

[Invalid]

Now they will start coming with at you with their false information. These people need to open their eyes and get real?

[elioteo]

Streamline Health Care.

Option 1: Keep whatever plan you already have.

Option 2: Combine & streamline all government-subsidized programs into one system, i.e., enfold all programs for government employees, veterans, elderly, disabled, children & the poor into one unified, streamlined public system.

The public plan should be open for all individuals and families to opt-in, if they choose, regardless of whether or not they have an employer-offered system.

Public health care should offer basic primary & essential care services - the same that is offered to members of Congress. It should also include dental, orthodontic, vision and mental health care, as well as NIH-recognized integrative/complementary, holistic therapies that promote true health maintenance & preventive care.

Individuals & families should have the option of purchasing private supplemental insurance for non-essential services & "upgrades."

[Chernynkaya]

This is my Number 1 issue- and my Numbers 2 through 10. Your ideas make sense. Good post.

[wonketteRAWKS]

“The first thing I’d do, as president, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That’s the first thing that I’d do.”

speech to Planned Parenthood July 17, 2008

[roshni]

Healthcare and Freedom of Choice are my top priorities.
Investigations of BushCo for torture would be nice too.

[Marie62866]

I want the news to stop the 24/7 continued coverage! The media is going to kill America! Everyone needs to go about their business and start living their life!

[mlaiuppa]

I want something done about Factory Farming and Factory Trawlers. They are both wasteful and polluting. The farms pollute the ecosystem with untreated animal waste and excessive antibiotics used to keep the animals healthy in cramped, unhealthy conditions and because they eat feed their bodies were not designed to consume, I.E. corn. The Trawlers are decimating the salmon population of Alaska while looking for pollack and other fish. Hundreds of thousands of Salmon are dieing and being tossed overboard as waste because those are the fish they're looking for. As a result, there are less and less salmon spawning up the Yukon.

This is just the tip of an ecological iceberg that is out of control.

All of Bush's environmental policies and last minute "rules" need to be overturned and many more regulations and laws need to be put in place if we are to heal what we've damaged and then be responsible stewards of a sustainable ecosystem.

[JimR]

"Please let Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers go."

STRONGLY disagree.

"One of the most troubling signs from the new White House is the apparent willingness to issue torturers and other apparent war criminals a free pass in the name of looking forward and moving on."

Political reality: If Obama makes torture prosecutions a top priority, it will consume all of Washington and nothing will get done. No health care reform. No education reform. Nothing. Be very careful what you wish for.

"President Obama should further cut wasteful spending by giving time off for good behavior for non-violent drug offenders."

Agree that should be addressed.

"Obama's success will hinge on him accepting the reality that he was elected as an American
president to protect and to advance American interest first around the world."

OK... Agree. Seems to me that's what he's doing...

"I would like to see the issue of marijuana legalization reexamined."

Agree!

"Next, go after insurance and utility companies. They are gouging people left and right and the middle class tax payer (I am one of them) cannot support this greed for much longer."

Any outrageous practices should be addressed, yes.

"Publicly endorse the investigation and trial of bush, cheney and all their co-criminals."

STRONGLY disagree. I'm sorry, but we have to set the progressive revenge fantasies aside. Also, you will never, ever prove a case against the neocons, and it would only serve to rip this nation apart.

[lucite]

STRONGLY disagree. I'm sorry, but we have to set the progressive revenge fantasies aside. Also, you will never, ever prove a case against the neocons, and it would only serve to rip this nation apart.

JimR I agree with you on this one. Besides the international community will give Bush/Cheney one hell of a nightmare. The trails and investigations have just begun. Obama is a smart man and knows that these hoodlums will get their day in court without him having to endorse an investigation.

[RobertHenryEller]

Every body always says prosecuting potential war criminals would rip the country apart.

But where is the proof? Where is the evidence? Where is the precedent?

Don't tell me about the Civil War. That was motivated by economic issues (Yes, slavery was defended by the Confederate States because people made money off of slavery. That slavery was a moral issue seems to still be under debate, although we have made some, painful, progress towards a majority of citizens accepting that.).

The issue here is: Are we governed by the Constitution of the United States, or not. Are we bound by our laws and treaties, or not? Are we as good as our word, or not? Can we be trusted, or not? Do we believe in the sanctity of the voting booth, or not? Do we believe in the separation of powers, or not?

If some of us don't think so, then let's find out now, and let those who do not believe in the rule of law, the sanctity of the voting booth, and the separation of powers, stand up and make their case.

If this will rip the country apart, then we are on even shakier ground than we imagined.

[MrKnuckles]

Nationalize and run the most endangered banks, and quit crapping around about pursuing a real and vigorous torture / war crimes investigation.

[naschkatze]

I want President Obama to address the torture issue head-on with honest investigations and prosecutions if it comes to that. Honest is the operative word. No cover-ups or whitewash, and let the hounds go wherever the smell leads them.

[VJ2008]

I want the president to keep doing what he is doing, as it is downright exciting to see all the changes being brought. I want the President to keep speaking to the people. In these times, it is imperative we keep hearing from him regarding the status of things. It is also the only way to stay on top of the republican hog wash being spouted about trying to harm his reputation.