print email comment close Commentary: New President's 100 Days of Pressure URL: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/27/zelizer.hundred/index.html Description: This October 2008 article discusses how "[w]hen presidents enter the White House, they have approximately 100 days to show what they are made of. The notion of a 'hundred days' is an artificial creation of Franklin Roosevelt after he became president in 1932 in the Great Depression. But it has become a benchmark for evaluating the early success of a president." Describes and compares FDR's and Lyndon Johnson's early days. From CNN. Author: Zelizer, Julian E. Publisher: Cable News Network LII Database Information: Record 27421 created by Maria Brandt on 12/09/2008 Last modification on 01/12/2009 Published: 01/21/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27421