EDITORIAL: The first 100 days versus the first 100 years

You don't have to have a politically-oriented mind to have been exposed to the late-spring analysis of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office-that metric, in recent times, becoming some sort of barometer of a new President's potential efficacy and acceptance.

I'm not sure this 100 days thing means much in the context of a four-year presidential administration, but the new President's passive-aggressive byplay with the auto industry has figured prominently in his first 100 days on the job.