Impressions of Obama?

I left the last entry up for awhile, hoping to get more comments than the tiresome and predictable extremes — “Bush can do no wrong,” or, “Bush is a criminal.”
Now it’s time, in the words of a Disney character, to put your behind in your past and move on. I want to know your first impressions of President Barack Obama. I don’t want your prejudices based on the campaign or on some rigid ideology. What do you think of his first day or two in office?
I’m not naturally inclined to support Democratic Party platforms, but a couple of parts of the inauguration speech were encouraging.
First was his call for Americans to assume responsibility and recognize that “we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world.” If he means we should collectively quit being so obsessed with ourselves and with fame and celebrity and become more accountable for our actions, I’m all for it.
Second was his message to terrorists and his resolve to “responsibly leave Iraq to its people.” To terrorists, he said, “our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.” He sounded strong.
I was less taken with his assurances that the economic question is not “whether the market is a force for good or ill.” The nation, he said, “cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.” That may be true in one context. I only worry what it might mean in practical terms.
Here is a Wall Street Journal editorial on the same subject, which may be of interest.
So what do you think?