Stephanie -- understood and well-taken -- but just to say it -- there is of course no need for you to be shy, let alone "outright afraid", to post here whatever thoughts and whatever supporting articles/commentaries/opinions you see fit -- if some others don't like that, yeah fine they can post their own thoughts and etc., but beyond that, so what, let 'em get stuffed -- you are not the only one here who sees plenty Obama deserves credit/support for doing/trying to do in the context of the disastrous state of affairs dumbya&co left for him to try to handle in the midst of what has from since before his day 1 been a raging shitstorm of an unabashedly traitorous opposition's neo/theo-fascist lies and hate/fear-mongering aimed at nothing but demonizing him and his supporters and causing him to fail at anything and everything he tries to do -- whatever mistakes/miscalculations he may have made, however he hasn't yet done or tried to do everything he might or should have
I for one would like to see at least the headlines and links to those three "very 'good news'" articles you mentioned -- pls share -- thx