Apparently, Americans were ready for a change. A new president, Barack Obama, will be sworn in January. It’s no surprise that the economy was one of the factors driving this election. President Bush is being blamed, rightly or wrongly, for the current economic crisis and people were afraid of 4 more years of the same thing. McCain could not shake the Bush Stigma that seemed to be attached to him.
However, if you are expecting a magic bullet to shatter the economic woes of this country, I think you may be heading for disappointment. It took time for this country to get into this mess, and it will take some time for us to get out of it. People are quick to blame a new president for his predecessor’s actions, or to praise when he is actually riding the successes put in motion by the previous guy.
Whoever you voted for, Obama is to be our new president and he needs our support as a nation. We need to give him time to turn things around. We need to realize that things may very well get worse before they get better and it may not be Obama’s fault. I am more conservative than Obama, and I woud be saying the same thing if McCain had won. I believe that any new president is going to have a tough row to hoe for the next few years.
For better or worse, Barack Obama is the new leader of our great nation. Let’s give him a chance.
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