Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 2:22 a.m.
Welcome to the Obama-verse.
It’s been a drawn-out, hard-fought battle, but it seems Barack Obama
will be heading the good ol’ US of A for the next few years. You cast
your ballots, you “rocked the vote” and you voted for change. Now,
change is what you’re going to get. Well, sort of.
After completing an exhausting, multi-year campaign, our new “numero
uno” has his real work cut out for him. It’s time for him – and all of
us, for that matter – to accept the reality that he will not be able to
follow through on a good deal of his campaign promises. That’s just the
way it works, especially in budget crunches like this. No matter how
favorably disposed Congress might be toward him, it’s going to be an
uphill battle to pass each new spending bill and to establish each new
program.
The economy, education, energy, the environment, ethics, foreign
policy, health care, homeland security, Iraq, Social Security, taxes
and veterans’ affairs are all in shaky upkeep and are vying for his
attention like excessively needy 2-year-olds. Obama inherited his
dominion, rather than building it from the ground up, and as such, he
has more than a few messes to clean up before he can move on.
Despite the multitude of constraints he faces, we hope that our new
commander in chief will try his hardest to remain true to his
commitment of stronger leadership and a better perspective for this
country – that’s why we endorsed him.
