44, Day 81: The Glimmer Man

An ongoing log of the daily activities of the 44th president of the United States during his first 100 days:

-On Good Friday, President Obama said he was seeing some good things with the economy. "What you're starting to see is glimmers of hope across the economy," Obama said. "Now, we have always been very cautious about prognosticating and that's not going to change just because it's Easter," the president said. "The economy is still under severe stress and obviously during these holidays we have to keep in mind whatever we do ultimately has to translate into economic growth and jobs and rising incomes for the American people." ... The upbeat message has some in the media offering a warning that the public (and rival politicians) can turn on him if he gets too rosy, too quickly.

-One natural event for a president is to throw out the first pitch of the season for one of the MLB teams, but Barack Obama won't be following in that tradition this year. The Washington Nationals extended an invitation to him to throw out the ball at its home opener Monday, but the president declined. The White House says he'll be getting ready for his next foreign trip, to Mexico and Trinidad next week.

-The president will order the release of nearly 250,000 pages of records from the Reagan White House, Politico reported today. The records were kept from the public during the George W. Bush's presidency.

-On Thursday night, Obama hosted what is said to be the first-ever Passover seder at the White House. A photo is here.

by J. Jennings Moss

Sources: The White House, the Washington Post, and Politico.