Obama cannot succeed

I don't expect much from President Obama in the first 4 years. I look at him more as a symbol. As far as I am concerned, the first 4 years will be a period of getting to know you (him, the American people and the people of the world), of testing the waters, skirting boundaries, making breakthroughs, then pulling back, etc. I will expect him to have one foot on the accelerator, another on the brakes. But I eagerly look forward to hearing his much vaunted eloquence and expect him to use the Presidency as a bully pulpit, but as an eloquent bully at that. If what he can deliver is moral leadership, and he just let the various government departments run themselves on inertia, for me that is enough for the first 4 years. Exception should be taken, and I think he should intervene, in such government programs as will do harm to women and minorities. Though I don't expect him to have much impact in the labor market, I intensely wish he would focus on job creation, as well as in saving the housing industry because it's a big engine of the US economy, a vast employer in addition to providing shelter to the population. In other words, I will give him the benefit of the doubt in the first 4 years, considering who he is, who the American people are, and what he and the American people are up against and intend to achieve.

I don't think the Obama supporters are expecting any miracles from him. What they are expecting from him is to have the economy grow a little bit and towards the right direction for success. If one person can make 10 people believe things are going to be okay it would become contageous "taking out the fear factor". If we all are so scared of change then what happens is everything becomes stagnant which would include the exonomy, growth, our lives. You do not have to put your faith into a man that you do not know. The faith should be put into yourself as a human. For many years we have had "CROOKS" stealing from many people it was the reverse Robin Hood. Stealing from the poor to give to the rich. Prime example would be sub prime mortgages. So many misinformed and naive people were taken for a ride. Is it all the fault of the companies no, people have to be responsible as well, but do not think that typical person knew the economy would come to such a hault. I was one of the persons that took advantage of a refi on my home from a sub lender I had to get enough money out to bury two loved ones, I had a 2 year arm. In July of 2007 I was able to get into a great fixed rate, I refinanced a year before and house prices where still pretty high. Now I sit here in fear of losing my home, I had an accident that put me out of work and now as of Friday my husband has been laid off with not much relief in site. When I orginally bought my house I put money down and did it the right way it was the need of 2 refi's over the last 15 years that my house went up in debt. Oh and when I refinanced I still had 40 thousand in equity in my home. Now I am upside down on my loan in the tune of 60 thousand. My values dropped by 100 thousand since July of 2007. Many people now are in going into foreclosure not because of the housing bubble but because of the loss of jobs. The second waive is hitting but it is all home owners and not just sub prime. I expect for Obama to come with plans that will help the regular Joe to eat and have a roof over their head. I expect for him to investigate corrupt practices of all parties. I expect for him to put a freeze on any raises within the government. I expect for him to begin his plans to create new jobs. I expect for him to do his hardest and to be open minded to different people that have wonderful idea's to help us get our country up and running again. I expect for him to do the best he can do! I expect for him to tell us the truth no matter how hard it may be to hear.

I did not vote for Obama. I was not impressed with John McCain either but it was mainly Obamas choice of a vice-president that finally decided me. I will not paint the man a failure ubtil he has truly failed. He certainly has a big job ahead of him. What a lot of people don't realize is that the President doesn't run the country on his own. Everything that is finally signed into law goes through the House (Congress) and the Senate. Once they have voted oc a bill and it has been passed then it is up to the President to either sign it or veto it. If he vetoes it then the Congress and Senate can vote to override the veto and make it law anyway. I am just waiting to see what happens after Tuesday. We have to give the man a chance to see what he is going to do. I am tired of people saying he is so popular because he is black. Barack Obama is not black - he is mixed race but first and foremost that man is like the rest of us. He is HUMAN.

Personally I don't think this flock of idiots we have in Washington right now will let Obama do anything worthwhile. If he doesn't fall in line pretty quick and do what they want he will be shut out like carter was. Some of the old heads have been in Washington so long they think they own it.Don't get me wrong. I don't care for Obama because I don't think he is the man we need in office right now. However neither was McCain. I really hope Obama doesn't do a lot of what he said he would. Especially raising taxes on the rich. If he does they will either have him killed like they did JFK or disgraced like they did Nixon. Art

I do think no matter how good a president Obama is that he will never be able to live up to the standards that people expect him to perform at,Because of the nature of his campaign and victory over McCain,And the undeniable fact that he was going to be the first ever black president.I think a vast amount of people voted for Obama because of the history it would cause rather than his policies,And some people might be in for a shock when the man they have voted into office comes out with a policy that they strongly oppose.One thing that is on Obama's side though is the fact that he is following George W Bush into the white house,And he will be quietly smiling to himself,Thinking well i can't be any worse than that moron.So my prediction is that he will not live up to the standards people expect but he will certainly be much better than Bush.

Better than Bush

He ran on the message of hope and change. He didn't specify what that exactly means. Everybody has a different perspective on what hope and change should entail. Of course people will be disappointed. This has all been completely blown out of proportion with people totally believing that come Wednesday, when Obama gets down to business, the economy will be a-okay again... at the very latest within the next couple of weeks or months (again depending on individual expectations). Yes, people will initially make excuses. Such are those who say that people shouldn't criticize the man who hasn't even taken office yet... didn't he already make plenty of political decisions and lay out a stimulus plan and such... we are not allowed to comment on that???? Oh, right, he can't officially act yet, so we can't officially say yet whether or not something is bound to fail... Just another excuse. The excuses will come.. bad economy, Bush's fault.... we can come up with plenty. But eventually the novelty will wear off, the hype will dissipate, people will return to their normal business, and they will start to watch what's actually being done... and at that point we'll see whether people will see an improvement for themselves or the fact that Obama is just that, another politician we can criticize for the actions he took... then people will start bashing him just like they did his predecessors... such is the right of free speech... of course, if he does deliver, fantastic! He'll hear the laudate... but I'm not holding my breath;)

I myself did vote for Obama and am glad he won. But, just like every president before him he has made a lot of promisies that he may not keep nor get around to keeping. When he gets into the office on Jan 20 he is already going to have a lot on his plate. Not only is he going to have to deal with the mess that Bush left behind but he is also going to have to deal with all the new arrising problems. I am not going to blame him if he cannot fullfill all of his promises. He is only human and he is going to do his best at doing and trying to get as much as he can done during his presidency. The first 100 days that he is in office I am going to expect him to clean up the mess that was left behind from Bush.

I do not know whether Obama ca nbecome a copetent president,but he has created a history of the United States:the first black president,let us with an enthusiastic mind watching him and bless him.

Obama can hadnle it. or at least i hope he can