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Next Wednesday, Barack Obama’s presidency hits one of its first milestone’s—it will have lasted 100 days. Portfolio.com wants to know what you’ve learned about the new president and wants your take on how his presidency is impacting business and culture.

Five years ago, MSNBC host Chris Matthews famously declared that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama gave him a "thrill up my leg." Now, amid two ongoing scandalous situations at the White House, Matthews said that the Obama presidency no longer has any "thrust."

The Los Angeles times notes Obama, chart in hand, presses his case on gas prices As rising gas prices are putting pressure on politicians to act, President Obama called on Congress to vote quickly to eliminate subsidies for the oil industry, returning to a favorite target the president.

HARTFORD, Conn. — With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he’s “determined as ever” to honor their children with tougher laws.

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — At the beginning of a crucial week for new gun legislation in Congress, President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned plea before a packed gymnasium here, almost four months after the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

BARACK OBAMA has had, by many measures, a fairly successful presidency. He presided during a period in which the country dodged an economic and financial collapse. He oversaw major reforms of the nation's health insurance system and financial regulatory rules. He got Osama bin Laden. There's a lot there to run on. And yet the political science literature suggests that this will all be mostly ignored by the electorate if economic conditions are deteriorating in the months prior to the 2012 election.