by Brandon Allen

Created on: January 22, 2009

Mister President, for the next four years, many American's will be following your future from the mainstream media to your constituents. Each action that you take will be assessed and your future as the leader of the free world will be at the hands of the people you serve. Are you ready for this?

Many issues that our president faces are things that ol' George Bush could not wait to get out of office so that he would not have to face them anymore. That is, within our history, our founding fathers set up the government that would serve the people, and within the democracy gave power to its people. But unfortunately for many years, that was not the actual outcome. The government has run by distancing itself from the people it served. Shadowing the leaders from the daily lives of its citizens and making it very impossible to have that so-called "for the people" government stated in the preamble.

Within moments of the release of information regarding the war in Iraq, the information of being misled by the federal government, shining light into the eyes of Americans throughout the country, and for most Americans that information unfolded many distrusts across our nation from the American people in the leaders of our nation.

"I'm asking you to believe. Not Just in my ability to bring real change in Washington...I'm asking you to believe in yours." As then Sen. Barack Obama's campaign website, his campaign speeches, and his endorsers so valiantly pronounced across broadband, television, radio, newspapers, and throughout the campaign trail... Well we all heard it said and now it is up to him, to lead us into this new future of not only the government, but the future for the common man, woman, and child.

For many Americans the trust in our leaders had been very sketchy. Our expectations in our leaders have changed. We expect honestly, hard work, determination, not just a face or a good photo-op.

With the Bush administration now over, what all does President Barack Obama face? He faces many challenges. He will be setting the standards for future leaders, not only for black Americans but for all future leaders that follow just as our founding fathers did nearly two hundred years ago.

President Obama, will face many challenges, untangling the mismanaged government he campaigned on, establishing a new form or leaders, working to correct the many social issues in the country, and rebuilding the relationships with the world.

Our economy being one of his top responsibilities, he can

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