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Playful Walrus on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:35:23 AM
Terence Hunt of the Associated Press gets started on lowering expectations for the Obama administration with the story, "President-elect Obama Faces Daunting Challenges."
His name etched in history as America's first black president-elect, Barack Obama turned Wednesday from victory's jubilation to the sobering challenge of leading a nation in crisis.
There’s that magic word again. You know, I was able to buy a house AND get two other new lines of credit opened up in the middle of this "crisis". Why? BECAUSE I PAY MY BILLS! I can pay my bills because I don’t buy stuff I can’t afford.
Young and charismatic but with little experience on the national level or as an executive,
Now you’re just being racist. At least that is what we were told when we talked like that before the election.
Ending an improbable journey that started for Obama a long 21 months ago, he drew a record-shattering $700 million to his campaign account alone.
And some of it is from legal donations, too! Say, where are all of those people who were complaining about money buying the elections four and eight years ago? They’ve been really quiet this time around. I wonder why?
Naming the staggering list of problems he inherits - two wars and "the worst financial crisis in a century," among them - Obama sought to restrain the soaring expectations of his supporters.
Finally getting to the wars – yeah, things are looking up because we did things the way McCain wanted. And this is hardly the worst financial crisis in a century. We’re not even in Carter territory yet. But notice that the start and end of that sentence is designed to start carefully backing away from the promises made during the campaign.
A tide of international goodwill came Obama's way on Wednesday morning, even as developments made clear how heavy a weight will soon be on his shoulders.
Well, duh. It is the Presidency. This isn't voting for who will win on American Idol.
Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and leading player in the civil rights movement with Jackson, said on NBC's "Today" show: "He's going to call on us, I believe, to sacrifice. We all must give up something."
Okay. But I will not have as much money to spend on things that support union employees.
"It is not a mandate for a party or ideology but a mandate for change," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
In that case, how about some real change like libertarianism and federalism?
The son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, the 47-year-old Obama has had a startlingly rapid rise, from lawyer and community organizer to state legislator and U.S. senator, now not even four years into his first term.
That’s a really nice way of saying he is an affirmative-action President, and we shouldn’t expect too much from him. After all, he’s going to be spending a lot of time learning.