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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Wait until he is faced with the sorry mess left for him to deal with before you jump with joy. Didn't the same thing happen when Blair won the elections in Britain and people were like 'wow! changes, new era, and all that crap'. Get real, he will be capable of doing worse things if promped, and the chances are that he will have to make tougher decisions than his predecessors.
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He will have to make a LOT of unpopular decisions, but I'd rather an unpopular but competent leader anyday, as opposed to the populism of Blair et al. The US econemy in recession, the endless Iraq/Afghanistan situation, the even more endless Israel/Palestine issue, the problems with access to oil and other natural resources, the healthcare/welfare issue....Barack's in-tray is going to be a very full one, to be sure.