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Originally Posted by RizzyKing
We had our obama he was called tony blair and didn't that work out well for all if us. I never bought into all the hysteria about obama and from what i can see he isn't the great politician that some thought he was. Loving how the senate and in fact everyone and everything else is being blamed for why obama cannot implement his preferred program but surely all that proves is how politically naive obama was in thinking he could get so much change through.
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Well as Foreverwar proved earlier. He has actually been one of the most successful Presidents in getting bills though the senate and the house. The key policy is the health care bill, which due to fierce opposition from the right and commercial interests (remember the NHS is awful campaign?) was watered down. I think the fact he tried though is commendable. It's better than giving up because he might look unpopular as a result.
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I think race was an issue in his election campaign and having spoken to a couple of friends who live in the US there was an element of if you didn't like obama you had a problem with black people in general. Now i havn't been to the states in many many years so i can only take their word for it but from bits i saw of the election campaign race was more noticiable then it was before. A smurf would have got elected in that election people were completely fed up with bush and the republican party so the democrats had most of their work done before they even got started.
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Race was a story but it's by no-means why he got elected. He got a landslide. It's part anti-Bush and part that Obama had a great campaign and an inspiring message. You have to remember there were a lot of people for whom his race counted against him and they were using the 'omg, if you don't vote for him people will call you a racist' line. It's actually an effective technique used by racists to try and validate their hatred.