As a political science major in undergrad and an intelligence studies major for my graduate work, the time when America gets a new CEO means a lot to me.
Barack Obama became the 44th POTUS today and even though I did not vote, I can say that I watched the speech and was generally pleased at the promises that will undoubtedly be altered in the coming years.
One thing that has really bugged me today is some of the blog coverage that I follow.
I read alot on a daily basis. I follow forty-five news feeds and other recreational feeds on any given day and the sentiment seemed so harsh out of those that took the time to make a post today.
Some were calling Obama the first affirmative action president ever elected. I think that is a cruel statement to make when you look at the PR campagin that his staff put on.
He done something that has been a key in warfare back to the times of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, he won the hearts and minds of America. He connected with first time voters in a way that no presidential candidate had ever dreamed of. John McCain's daughter, Meghan, had a blog that she contributed to but that no where skimmed the surface of the Obama campagin.
I had a teaching job over the summer and I am still friends on facebook with some of the kids I taught. These are high school kids who won't be able to vote until the next election in 2012 but you would have thought that US constitution had been rewritten to allow for the average sixteen year old to vote.
In short, it was a strategic if not an operational failure for all the other candidtates who stepped up to the plate this year. The Obama team struck at key points quickly and rounded up the support to win an election of historical precedence.
Good luck, sir and may God bless your administration and the United States.
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