Th article addresses the change in Obama's image since the election campaign. They claim he had a "rock star" image during the campaign, even recruiting "Obamacans, Republicans who crossed the aisle in 2008 to launch Obama to his historic victory". But critics say that he has now lost his edge, at a critical time in the battle for control of the House and Senate, losing these majorities will cripple his next two years as President.
The article also states that Democrats who stood by Obama's side during the election are now "running from him". The article also addresses the dissatisfaction many have felt with Obama's lack of productivity, as one man is quoted in the article "'Honestly I think he just promised to change too much in 20 month -- no man can do that," That same man, later says "President Bush left us in not the best of shape, OK?" he said. "This country was at the edge of financial destruction. He leveled it off. I think he's done a good job. Republicans ought to back off and quit complaining, start helping the president".
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/22/obama.mojo/index.html
So what do you think of Obama, two years after the election? And are the judgements of Obama's "change" (or lack thereof) are fair?
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Obama is definetly losing his "mojo" which is quite sad and unfortunate. The man in the article who said Obama promised too much in too little time is exactly right. Because he promised so much, people's expectations started to rise dramatically. Obama is not superman, and people should be sensible enough to see that he is trying his best but inherited a really, really big problem. Furthermore, I feel as if Republicans have a played a huge part in Obama losing his mojo. Instead of trying to get the country back on track by working together, Republicans have tried to thwart Obama's plan which the country has felt.
Obama needs more than four years to help our country, and I'm quite curious to see what he has in store if he gets re-elected.
Gurjote is completely right in saying that Obama promised "too much in too little time." One aspect of this is that the nation's problems are too severe and too many to all be addressed in one, four-year term. Going back to the fact that Americans are "people of paradox," we expect a tremendous amount from our leaders without logically thinking about the realistic accomplishments that might've been set for Obama's term.
However, since Obama did promise many things under the overarching theme of "change," I have to point out he has not done a good job of implementing the change he promised. Because he promised so many things, he should be working more to achieve all the success for America he promised. Had he not made such promises, would he have been elected? That's hard to say, but the citizens of America voted for what Obama promised, and he has yet to deliver. This might be a contradiction, but it's not like the people expected less when they voted.
Finally, the biggest problem is with the public. Although Obama quite possibly exaggerated his claims to help the country, the majority who voted for him seem to be absent from the political scene and not exercising their rights to vote. The same majority who gave Obama his presidency should be advocating for his proposals, talking the action to become involved in the politics of their nation, talking to their congresspeople and expressing their desires vocally, instead of blaming the President entirely.
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