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 to do so-and he didn't win.
If you are holding your breath for an etheral nervana during the Obama reign, you are going to be dead fast-cause holding your breath for four years will do that to a person. The guy will not live up to any of his promises. The Israelis are in grave danger with him in office. The Russians have already promised (today, the day after the election), to immediately deploy nukes at the Polish border. And currently the United States Treasury Department has employees on the ground in Saudi Arabia learning the ins and outs of Islamic Banking (under Sharia Law), which they fully intend to bring to the US (see: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney110408. php3 ).
Obama is no more able to deliver any of his promises, than I am able to be the President of The United States of America. He never intended to, and his agenda doesn't jibe with keeping promises. He didn't keep the promise of using public financing for his campaign, he didn't keep his promise not to run for President, which was made the the people of the State of Illinois, during and after his campaign for the US Senate, he didn't keep his promise to the people of the State of Illinois when he promised not to run for the US Senate. And lastly, the promises he has made throughout the campaign are already being dashed, and announcements are coming from his mouthpieces, as to what they won't be able to accomplish. So, the promises were nothing more than election garbage to steal the election from the only man in the race who was truly bipartisan, truly held the experience, and truly loved the US.