On January 20, 2009 a major historic event took place in Washington D.C. President-elect Barack Obama became the actual president. He placed his hand on the same bible former president Abraham Lincoln used and took his oath. He is now officially the president of the United States and happens to be the first African-American leader of our country.
The first article I read was pretty much saying that Obama made history and everyone noticed. Black's were especially proud to see another racial barrier broken. People are expecting great things from him and expect him to do a lot better than Bush. When the inauguration was watched on jumbotrons and George Bush came on, many booed him. Despite this, "His transition also produced some missteps that raised questions about whether Obama's highly disciplined, perfectionist organization that proved brilliant at winning an election will be equally brilliant at governing." All in all people want and are sure they will see only good from the new president but they will have to wait and see.
The second article I read was basically saying that Obama is going to make change. It won't be easy, but together as a country we will make a difference. "Greatness is never a given. It must be earned," Barack said. We can't just hope that the economic crisis and the war will solve itself; we have to make the change our selves. He believes that he can.
In my opinion, I think Barack made a powerful speech. He talks a big game and I just hope he can live up to his words. We will just have to wait and see how he does.
I got this information from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_rdp
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