by Matthew S Harrison

Created on: November 06, 2008

Success for Obama? I think not-and here's why.

The man promised to continue to work across the aisle. Fact is, he never worked across party lines. In fact, he has no real accomplishments in the Senate, for the simple reason, he was never there. The man cannot finish anything he starts.

He became a state senator in Illinois-only to immediately begin to explore the opportunity of running for the US Senate. While in the State Senate, he rarely voted, and accomplished nothing. Once a US Senator-which he promised he wouldn't do, he immediately began to run for the Office of The President. Funny enough, the guy promised not to do that too-in fact telling many journalists he wasn't anywhere near the experience level to hold such a high office.

Now, we come to the recent and devastating chain of events. He has won the presidency. Oh the horror. The first thing he did, was hire the most partisan man in the national political scene to be his chief of staff. Immediately this says one thing. A resounding screw you to the Republican party, and ultimately the American Electorate. By hiring Rom Emmanuel, Obama has signaled to the world that he, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Ried have no desire, and no intent to reach across the aisle.

Will he deliver you ask? How can he deliver any of his promises? The country is in debt to the tune of somewhere around 14 trillion dollars, including the gigantic trade deficit. We are hemhoraging jobs, have the Treasury Department with their hands on our banks, and the worst is yet to come. It is already evident, from Obama's own statement, that healthcare will have to wait. This isn't a bad thing, because socialized healthcare doesn't work, but it is promise number one broken.

Cut to tax cuts. Well, Slick Willy made a similar promise. However, in order to balance the budget, he raised taxes on everyone down to an annual income of $45K. So, with the current deficit, and the myrad social programs he promises to enact, tax cuts are out the window.

But lets go back to Bipartisanship. That should be the most important promise to all of us. The endless acrimony and outright thievery in both houses in the form of earmarks, and making decisions on what's right for you and me, based solely on whether at the end of the day, it will cost them donations from their large commercial backers has to stop! These guys have you number, my number, and everyone else's number. They know that at the end of the day, we will not make them stop. There was one man who pledged

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