A new year, a new start, a new president

Resolution time has come and gone, and as a writer, I am committing myself to this blog. The daily injection will become daily. I'm sorry if this has been a let down to someone up until this point, but let's start over because that's what we do best as humans.

That's why we constantly make these resolutions of losing weight, saving money, quit smoking. We go out and buy exercise equipment, nicotine patches, weight lose food, and book after book of simple steps we can take to change our lives.

But, enough of that tangent. Let's talk the new year and our president-elect... soon to just be president: Mr. Barack Obama.

Chances are, you're just as excited as I am about this change over. But, the biggest question that keeps cropping up around the edges seems to be "Will Barack Obama really bring the change America is looking for?"

Standing in line at Borders, I caught sight of Foreign Policy Magazine(check out their new website, www.foreignpolicy.com). The title brandished the very dynamic black and white of Obama and the cover, "YES, HE DID (But what if he can't?)"

It's the propoganda machine churning once again. I'm not saying that as a society we need to be completely accepting that the Obama Administration, but the man hasn't even been sworn in yet, and already pundits are speculting and backbiting. They say the man won't be any different than George W. Bush (that came from the article, "The Making of George W. Obama" by Christian Brose).

It's hard to trust the contents of the article, especially with the knowledge that the man writing the article was a former Condi Rice speechwriter. Despite whether or not it is an election year, people who come from different parties (in this specific example, the possibly republican leaning former speech writer for Condi Rice against Barack Obama) tend to bad mouth the candidate. When a pundit can really dig their claws in (and work on public perception of a leader before they start leading), then it makes it easier at the end of the leadership.

In America, this seems to be the case from my perspective. Only in election years do they majority of people come back to attention about politics.

So, don't expect the man to be a superhero, but don't expect him to be the worst president in history (we've already seen that... and don't let the rosy glasses of history make that any less visible that George W. Bush is considered one of the least beloved presidents ever). I expect this to be a marginal presidency like learning a new dance or bike riding for the first time. I think that this man might even be a natural talent, and could possibly be popping wheelies and riding with no handlebars by the end of his term.

Because honestly let's let the old adage in mind: don't count your chickens before they've hatched. And don't pop wheelies before you've learned to ride your bike.