First 100 days: Back from Great White N.

"President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, emerging with smiles after a meeting in Harper's office and a working lunch, said this afternoon they had agreed to work closely on stimulus plans to tackle the global recession, to create a joint clean energy initiative, and to pursue stability and progress in Afghanistan," the Boston Globe writes.  A few things to ponder: if residents of other countries react the way Canadians reacted to Obama, he's not going to be popular with a lot of world leaders... potentially. We wonder what was going through Prime Minister Stephen Harper's head when thousands showed to Parliament just hoping to catch a glimpse of the American leader. On policy, it was interesting to see and hear Obama in Canada have to walk the line on NAFTA again. But if yesterday highlighted anything, it’s the difference between being a candidate and being a president. Harper may have shown the U.S. and Canada’s cards, by the way, when he said that the U.S. and ... (link)