Do you really see "the change" in Obama?

Hey roneyes! Thank you for the the kind words of encouragement for our new President Barack Obama! We are hoping that he will be able to get us out of the mess that our current President has gotten us into. But, we are not fooling ourselves that this will be a very difficult task for anyone. He knows this too. He even said that it might not be able to be done in one term. It is a shame that he is coming into office with such a terrible mess to deal with. No matter how good a President he may be it is almost impossible to fix what has already been done in the eight years that Bush was in office. We can only pray that our new President can make som head way in trying to change some of the things that have been done to hurt our country. So we all are wishing President Obama well and are praying for him!

I am not from America but I know that he is the first black president to be elected. I imagine that he will help many black people feel good about themselves. He should be an excellent role model. I am a teacher and sometimes when there there are 2 black children in a school when everyone else is white I want to show the black children that they are valued and respected. I hope that Obama will show America a positive change. Sadly he does not believe in having live aborted babies cared for so they can live. Having read Giana, a book about a lady that survived abortion I think Obama's idea on that matter needs some thought. Apart from that I think he should make a wonderful president for America. Good luck to the USA and its new president Obama.

Am not an American but I thought its good to passby this wonderful discussion and drop my two cents. America has suffered alot in the hands of the last regime, mostly the last for years. The mess is too huge to clear in one term but I believe that the change will be noticed eventually. Obama is young, with energy and he can be trusted to move America to a better place.

i think he will do the very best he can. but the mess he's inherited from bush took 8 years to make & he's not going to get it cleaned up overnight just as he said.

Not only you and me.. But the entire world is especting the Steps taken by the new president of US, Mr. Obama.. He is having some good thought which will clear the present crisis of the world, even though if it affects the present situations of some of the neibour countries, in the long run, the same will give the good result to the entire nation/world.. He may charge some of the taxes and the additional Taxes for the outsourcing from teh other counties like india and other countries, this will give some negative results for the other countries, but in the coming days, this will become set it alright.. Like that, his every moments will defenately will help the entire world in the coming days. Initially he will work out a plan, for the US unemployment crises, and the recent economy problem of US. in this activity some of the other countries will get it affected, this is only the temprorary problem, this also will get it alright soon.. And also our stock market also will get it alright in the next 2 or 3 quarters.. after he take the incharge of the post. Everything is under "HOPE", and this is not only my hope, the entire world's "HOPE".. Hope OBAMA will being the true of our "HOPE" Have a good day.

He cannot do anything for atleast 10 more weeks. Bush is still our president until 01/20/2009; however, I don't expect him to do much between now & then except make things more difficult for Obama. Obama is our President-elect until 01/20/2009. Then he officially becomes our President. I don't expect immediate results out of Obama. This crisis has occurred over many years & will take many years to repair. I have my doubt that Obama will get it all cleared up during his time in office even if he's in for 8 years. However, I do believe he will make considerable strides in the right direction. I admire anyone who is willing to wade into this situation knowing that everything he does will be considered wrong. In Obama's case he has many who already know that everything he plans on doing will be wrong as they have already made up their mind & have no plans on providing any support. I feel some hope that he will atleast try to do the right thing. I don't agree with everything he stands for; but, I do plan on supporting our NEW President in his efforts to revive our country!!! I wish everybody would get past the fact that he is black. He is a man, our President, who just happened to be born black. I feel a lot of this is up to the American people as we had a HUGE contribution into this economic problem!!! And we, the people, will be the way out of this problem!!!

Ron, based on the performance of the stock market, we are still not feeling any hope in the economic crisis. The markets are still falling. Obama will only succeed if congress and the people support him. One man cannot possibly make that much of a difference, without support.

You Americans are fooling yourselves. Obama IS the guy on the right side of the force - in Star-Wars terms ;) - but he won't change anything, until the bunch of US government/lobbies/leaders that installed him change their way of thinking: stop polluting, stop being aggressive, stop expanding their lousy economy such as junk food to every single village in the world, start being educated (for example, an average Croat speaks at least one foreign language, and you consider us to be primitive?) etc. etc.

[i]Hi ron, I have no idea but I am hoping he will be an instrument with the help of everyone for a change! I know it will be a tough challenge for him as a President and hope he will have all a great people working with him who will really think about what is good for everyone![/i]

Even I congrats Americans and Barack Obama for his selection as the President of America. He is the right person i think he will rule the world. Hope that we woont get in trouble like the earlier president George Bush. Hope Obama will eradicate all the problem which are presently worsening in the country likerise in price, inflations. Hope he will rule the world upto the maximum he can. Happy mylotting and have a good day.

As an American at this point I am just waiting to see Obama take office in January. I'm done listening to talk about what all he is going to do. Now I say shut up talking and show me what you are going to do. Honestly I don't look for much out of Obama for the simple reason he is a black man and this fact alone will keep him from getting enough help to do much of anything. The poor blacks may have gotten him elected but they won't be able to help him on Capital Hill. The only way Obama could do anything right now to help the working class people of America would require him to get into the pockets of the rich and they will not allow that to happen. I figure the quicker we admit we are beat and then get to work getting ready for the worst the better off we will be. I say let the auto makers fall a long with the big insurance companies and banks and give that money to the people in the form of food stamps that can only be used to buy food. This would give our food industry a badly needed shot in the arm. Above all we must keep our food and water supply flowing. These are the ones we need to be bailing out not the greedy bankers.

Time will tell. He is not immediately placed in office. The old administration has a few more months to go before he will be sworn in. Time will tell.

Hi frnds, the obama was elected as a president post in the america.now he is a very responbile person to their respective country.Now the obama has to see a change in their country.now america is economical down,no jobs in america.obama has very much ability to change the america by very powerful country in the world and he can ful of change in america.He is a powerful person he can do anything what he says he will be success in the future. All the best for future and happy life.

To be honest ronreyes, it is important to know whether he would be able to handle some of the mess that America is in but that would be the case for any presidnet elect. I do have faith in Obama to at least ut his best foot forward not only due to his intelligence (Harvard law top graduate)but also due to his ability to influence others. He does have a lot on his shoulders because again, we are in a big mess. And do not be surprised if the media and America in general, critizes him for not completing certain tasks because there is just so much clean up to do in the white house.

i am hoping that Bush is not going to mess more before Obama take presidency in his hand. I do believe that Obama is very powerful and he will work hard on his promises. I think that first time the election results made the whole world happy, including our troops in Iraq.... We hope to end this war and take care of our own citizens.

cant see anything yet he dosent go into office till Jan something I think I read 70 more days The stock market dropped again for 2 days . and this was thought it would go up when he got elected!. Just have to wait and see if all the stuff he is getting handed to him will turn for the better!

Hi ronreyes, I am not an American but I think think he should be given a chance, he has not yet set his foot in the white house yet, but I know that he has his work cut out for him, he is young and I think he will pull it off, it will take a long time before we see any changes but that is what that country needs, afterall all it will our own country too, th UK. Tamara

Hi ronreyes! Congradulaion to America and Obama. I hope that he can handle all types of responsibilities. Let everyone support him to rule. Happy posting and have a good day.

he as the president will probably be good i just hope he doesn't die meaning someone assisinates him because we all know how this world is full of descrimination even though allot of people don't admit it.

This is not the right time to judge the performance of President Barack Obama since he's not in control of the office for now. I heard that he will take over President George W. Bush in January 2009 so we should wait for 2 months. However, personally I do believe that Obama will do good in handling his responsibility as a leader of the most powerful country which is America. I have faith for his vision which is to bring change. Let's just pray that he will make this happen in no time. Change - the process of becoming different. President - the head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes (in cases of constitutional violations) a dictatorship.