Day 8

Someone you think would make a very good president.

Yes, I know Barack Obama is currently our president I'm not experiencing any memory loss here. I am however wanting to make a point. I am a very big Obama supporter and have been from day 1. Everything about him captivated me; his youth, his style, his promises, his connection, etc... Throughout the election process, which I followed very closely, I thought him to be the best possible candidate for the job. Obama brought a sense of hope in an America where there was one crisis after another under a president who didn't seem up to the challenge to methodically and sensibly address them. Once he was elected to the office fo the presidency I couldn't help but join in on the uplifting and jovial feelings the rest of the country was feeling. We were hungry for "Change we can believe in". However, over the last year President Obama has been in office many Americans have grown disgruntled with, what is in their opinion, a lack of action. Because of this many no longer see Barack Obama as the best possible president. I can understand where these people are coming from, but I see their logic as completely unrealistic. Given the economic problems the country sank into under George Bush along with the growing rate of unemployment, it only seems logical that it would take quite some time to completely reverse the damage done, yet these people don't see that. What they want is a quick fix, something that they think should have been able to be changed within weeks, when in reality that is completely unrealistic. Because of this much of what Obama did and does stand for for this country has fallen on the back burner. Yet I still think that Obama is exactly what America needs. While I agree that the time for change is ticking away, I think that people need to get some sense of logic. I do believe that President Obama is the best choice for president still. That may change someday, or maybe I'll look back and see that I was the unrealistic one, but right now I can't think of anyone better.