The Inauguration and My Outlook for the Future.

Tomorrow the world will see the true beauty of America. Tomorrow we will see the first black president. This is something far greater than anyone could have imagined. For me, when Obama was elected I was crushed. The campaign of John McCain, which I deeply believed in, had ended. Obama was the devil to me. Yet, as has time has gone on, Obama is no longer the devil. He is the future of this nation for the next four or eight years. Like so many of my conservative allies, the inauguration of Obama is something that should be celebrated. This is not to say I will support Obama's policies, but I hope that he can do well and be successful and find the answers to the nation's problems. Yet, this will be a very short honeymoon for Mr. Obama. He will find soon the problems of the day to take over and he will have to begin solving these issues fast. The economy is something which even he has said will take a while to fix. But how long Mr. Obama? A year, two, three, four? If the economy is not fixing by 2012, it will be bye-bye for President Obama. The public may say they understand it will take a while, but soon double digit unemployment and deep losses on Wall Street will test the patience of the public to the breaking point. How long can the public continue hearing night after night about three digit losses in Dow and thousands more layoffs at big companies? Not long. Mr. Obama feels the answer is in regulation and a near trillion dollar economic stimulus package. That is not the answer. Remember that trillion dollar is just a stimulus package. Imagine how costly all the economic packages are over the next four years. My generation shouldn't have to pay off the debt of Mr. Obama's failed economic plans. Not to say paying off President Bush's failed economic policies as well. This is just the economy. Imagine how costly the surge in Afghanistan will be? Along with possible military conflicts in Russia, Iran, and Pakistan. I hope none of these things happen, but it looks like it could and soon. On the other hand, during the transition period, Obama seemed to be looking more and more moderate, almost conservative. Let us hope that his moderate ideals will carry on through his presidency. In the end, I wish the incoming president luck, and lots of it.