What kind of president will Obama be?

What kind of President will Obama 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. Thus, we are living a historic moment where finally the first African-American has been elected, Barack Hussein Obama II our forty-fourth President and Commander in Chief.

The colonization of North America 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. (President of the United States, n.d., p. 1, 6 & 8)

These days, racism is evident and African-Americans struggle day after day trying to overcome discrimination. It is within this context that an African-American President was elected, Barack Hussein Obama II, a democrat, Christian, African-American and forty seven year 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. (Meet the candidate, n.d.) He advocates for changes in a moment which the nation faces an undeclared war and one of the major economic crisis in the country’s history, issues that concern each family in America.

Obama is a President who counts with the most outstanding recollection of funds in history and most of them particularly coming from small donations, thus turning down public financing. (Krigman, 2008) We may as well assume that he has the approval and backup of individuals. During his campaign the optimism and enthusiasm was evident and his path towards presidency was getting stronger as days pass making this campaign not a campaign of one man but of a country. His victory was a nation’s victory, which sparked celebrations in numerous cities.

The reason for his victory seems evident. Obama emphasized the issues of energy independence, universal health care, and rapidly ending the Iraq War. (It’s your choice, n.d.) I consider these three issues as critical part of the economy; the energy independence in order to avoid the manipulation of the economies by the countries that export petroleum mining the families economies. If we consider the health care as it is today we realize how people deal with no health plans and if they have it coverage, still, is not appropriate to their needs. The universal health care has been proven in countries like Canada and France as an excellent option. Then, when I analyze the Irak War I can assure that it drains the USA economy and creates conflicts with the allies and within the country.

He offers a desperate nation, the possibility of changes that will bring them back to a better life not only as a nation but as individuals, being this, an interesting and intelligent approach. However, many people may think that he does not have the experience nor the connections to meet all his goals. But his wisdom and/or the counseling guided him to incorporate into his team a vicepresident and cabinet persons that have the know-how, the knowledge and experience which enable them to start the work immediately. He incorporated 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, who 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, who served as United Nations Ambassador and Secretary of Energy in Clinton’s administration, Secretary of Commerce; all of them with outstanding credentials and experience. (Transition team, 2008)

We can debate about the importance of experience in the different fields in which they will work, but I am certain that the President has been assertive in his designations. He is organizing everything in order to run nicely since day one instead of bringing in persons to learn the work and procedures, which could delay their performance.

Now, when we evaluate his political positions, we perceive they are strong, consistent, and well designed. This is evident with Irak’s war budget cuts and slowing down the development of new weapons. He believes in diplomacy as the method to eliminate the nuclear weapon development and use; he wants to reduce the country stockpile. He emphasizes in new approaches to solve world government’s discrepancies. These positions show that he has been analyzing it for a long time before becoming President and his political maturity.

Within the country there are some interesting proposals, we can see the tax reform which eliminates taxes to senior citizens with an income of less than $50,000.00 per year in a moment where the baby boomers are considered an important percentage of the population. He also plans to eliminate the social security cap which could bring back senior citizens to the labor field. (Taylor, 2008)

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 the world that we live in a time 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. Even before the election results, everything was coordinated and ready, showing their commitment 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 and to have a stronger economy. Barack Hussein Obama II is and will be one in a lifetime President.

Reference List

It’s your choice: How the candidates stand on the issues that matter to you. (n.d.) Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://www.barackobama.com/issues/

Krigman, E. (2008). Obama’s new communications director has grassroots fundraising experience. Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://www.opensecrets.org

Meet the candidate. (n.d.) Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://www.barackobama. com/learn/meet_barack.php

President of the United States. (n.d.). Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008, from http://encarta.msn.com

Taylor, A. (2008, August 12). Obama: Seniors making under $50,000 wouldn’t pay income tax. The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://huffingtonpost.com

Transition team- Barack Obama. (2008). The New New York Times. Retrieved December 4, 2008, from http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/ the_new_team/index.html