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I just realized something. Obama doesn’t have long to fix things. He’s going to be given very little time to make things right. If he doesn’t–like immediately–momentum will start building for a revolutionary new conservative in 2012 who can
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8 months ago
Not only does he not have long, but look at what is expected of him. The next president it going to be expected to fix the economy. The recession needs to be stopped and maybe turned around. Poor people need to be raised up a notch. He can't be caught up in the usual old-white-man corruptions. He is expected to fix the Iraq situation, and at least make progress in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, for him he is also setting a precedent for future "minority" candidates and if he doesn't live up to the expectations, future minorities and women will have a much harder time being taken seriously. I would love for Obama to come in and shake up Washington, revamp processes from the ground up. But how practical is that?
Fortunately for him he has the congress with so they can pass some pretty powerful legislation. That's good for him, but bad for libertarians.
I don't think Sarah Palin is going to be making an appearance beyond maybe a role as a congresswoman. I don't even think the McCain campaign thought they had a serious shot this time around and got someone who would at least excite the GOP to vote in conservative congressmen.