CIOs are less and less eager to cooperate. Beta tests mean problems. CIOs don't need more problems on top of the headaches they have. I have been amused by the stories about President Bush's first 100 days in office. If there ever was a nonsensical measure, it is assessing a president's first 100 days in office.
All sides take the opportunity to spin.
The media makes solemn judgments. Democrats and Republicans predictably reach opposite conclusions. It is publicity at its worst. Few presidents in history have had a chance to do anything in their first 100 days other than expose their platforms to the public and to Congress. Yet, every president since FDR is measured against the first 100 days.