What kind of president Obama will be?

What kind of President Obama will be?

The United States of America is a young powerful nation founded by emigrants from different countries with mixed cultures, social status, education and religions; led and represented by the President. The President of the United States of America is the head of state and of the government, nowadays, this young nation counts with forty three former Presidents, all of them white. Now we are living an historic moment where finally the first African-American that runs for this position has been elected, Barack Hussein Obama II our forty-fourth President and Commander in Chief.

The colonization brought mostly white Europeans including Spanish, Dutch, English, French, Swedish, and Portuguese. Some of them brought slaves that worked without monetary compensation in the houses and farms. Slavery was an issue that brought differences among Americans that led to the civil war (1849-1865) a struggle between the North and the South to emancipate nearly four million slaves. During this period the President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and freed millions of slaves in the United States. Lincoln was a defender of the rights and equality among Americans. Even though he was a great President, there were people that didn’t support his decision and later on he was assassinated, during his presidency.

These days, racism is evident and African-Americans struggle day after day trying to overcome the discrimination. In this context a President was elected, Barack Hussein Obama II, a democrat, christian, African-American and forty seven years old lawyer. I believe that Obama with his complex ethnic inheritance, born in Hawaii, with a father from Kenya, a mother from Kansas, a stepfather from Indonesia, raised in Indonesia and Hawaii, has the sensibility to understand the needs of the poor and minorities. He advocates for changes in a moment which the nation faces an undeclared war and one of the major economic crisis in the country history, issues which worries each family in America.

Obama emphasizes the issues of energy independence, universal health care and rapidly ending the Iraq War. He addresses to a desperate country, the possibility of changes that will bring them back to a better life not only as a country but as individual, being this an interesting and intelligent approach. However, many people may think that he does not have the experience not the connections to meet all his goals. But his wisdom and/or the counseling guided him to incorporate to his team a vice-president and cabinet persons that have the know-how, the knowledge and experience which enable them to start work immediately. He incorporates Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. to his team as the Vice President, a catholic, former senator with vast experience in foreign relations and judiciary matters. He also counts with Timothy Geithner, which served with former President Clinton as the undersecretary of treasury for international affairs, as Secretary of Treasury; Hillary Clinton, former senator of New York who has the diplomatic and business international connections, as Secretary of State and Bill Richardson, which served as United Nations Ambassador and Secretary of Energy in Clinton’s administration, Secretary of Commerce; all of them with outstanding credentials and experience.

I believe that Barack Hussein Obama II is going to be a great president. His presidency is going to demonstrate that the intellect and great capacity is not exclusive of a certain race. On the contrary, he is going to show to the world that we live in a world where equality is fundamental to progress. He has chosen an efficient team and has organized everything. For him there is no time to lose, time is money and also passes fast so they started to work immediately; before the election everything was coordinated and ready showing their compromise with the country. The transitions between administrations started organized, fast and diligently with fully cooperation from both parts. The elect President has the desire, the compromise, the wisdom, the knowledge, the counselors, the cabinet and the leadership to achieve the goals and changes he promised. I believe that the President has an excellent backup which will lead him to a compromise, functional, organize government which will give the country a great opportunity to evolve to a strong economy. Barack Hussein Obama II is and will be one in a lifetime President.