Barack Obama

Two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The financial crisis that shatter the economy. Competition with China and Russia. The image of the poor. That is the challenge that awaits at least Barack Obama after serving as the official president-44 to the U.S. on 20 January 2009.

The severity of the challenge for Barack Obama is depicted in the caricature Mike Luckovich paper titled Day One or Day of the First. Barack Obama is a caricature depicting the attempts to return the U.S. Constitution slabs tercabik-piece.

"I want to become president of the truly great," Barack Obama said in an interview with the magazine New York, not long after forward as a presidential candidate from the Democratic Party.

Barack Obama victory in the presidential election, 4 November 2008, is the nation's history for the United States. He was the first black president, to break the domination of white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, such as the late President John F. Kennedy the Catholic religion. He is a manifestation of "American Dream".

Barack Obama also a "thrill" of U.S. voters in the election this year so that the participation jumped dramatically, reaching 135 million people. Young age (47 years), ideas that fresh, and the mantras "We Can Change in the" outlined in his speech that voters make a hit, old and young, black and white, mengular in the polling.

Barack Obama obtain 66,882,230 (52 percent) popular votes and 365 Electoral votes. He constantly rivalnya from the Republic Party, John McCain, who received 58,343,671 (46 percent) popular votes and 173 Electoral votes.

All the voters who support the Party of the Republic of switch support Barack Obama. Similarly, a number of countries that are part of the Republic of the traditional base can be "seized" Democrats.

Why? Barack Obama is able to see what is wrong with the country, namely the failure of the previous government to provide protection for residents. He promises can not solve all the problems the nation United States, but he will be with all American nations to overcome the problem. He only says will provide something different with the previous government.

Transformative

Writer Robert Kuttner in the book Barack Obama's Challenge: A Transformative Opportunity (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008) states, Barack Obama has the potential to become president of the progressive and transformative the first since Lyndon Johnson. "If he is able to seize momentum, he could join the handful of previous presidents who seriously transformative, successfully change the fundamental economics, society, and democracy, and we become better," tulisnya.

If he hopes mengejawantahkan failed, further Kuttner, he not only the risk of the condition of the country worse, that presidentship, but also failed.

From there the test begins. A number of policies Barack Obama, although not terucapkan, already visible during the campaign. In the economic field, for example, Barack Obama will cut taxes for families of workers up to 500 U.S. dollars per person or 1,000 U.S. dollars per family. In foreign policy, Barack Obama will be more open themselves to "enemies" to update the way the U.S. and U.S. diplomacy.

As digaungkannya since the campaign, Barack Obama will be interesting to U.S. troops in Iraq gradually in 19 months. He will also divert resources to fight in Afghanistan, which call for front-line war against terrorism.

Protection

Barack Obama began to form the government visible. Some personnel that will oversee policy Barack Obama seen. The first is the economic team, intimate importance to the issue of governance Barack Obama.

Barack Obama praised vote because the people who are "quality assurance", especially for dealing with the economic crisis. As Lawrence Summers noose (the National Economic Council Director), Timothy Geithner (Finance Minister), and Paul Volcker (the Advisory Board of Economic Recovery) is believed by many parties will be able to bring secercah hope in the midst terpaan economic storm.

However, Barack Obama also criticized, particularly by groups of right, because he brings nuance "left" in the government team. Barack Obama economic policy will also estimated that more than proteksionis President George W Bush. This is so given the domestic economy terpuruknya-General large companies and the loss of employment, which requires "extra protection," the government.

Sectors of the automotive industry, for example, will be protected following the fall of the leading car manufacturer in the U.S., such as General Motors. Manufacturing sector seems also protected