The USA has entered a new era. The first black person has been elected to office, something that could only have been dreamed about fifty years ago, where progress was allowing black people onto all buses. Obama's promises of change have been bold and inspiring leading to the massive turn out at the polls.
Obama was born to a white mother and a Kenyan father, making him an African American, mixed race. The rights movement is a big part of Obama's legacy, as he is the first black president this drew many issues of racism into the presidential contest. Yet Barrack Obama never really referred to the rights movement. It was obvious that there was some aspect of prejudice against him with many links to "Osama Bin Laden" being attributed towards him. His main rival, John McCain, also tried to associate socialism with him as well. Barrack Obama's bid has gone from low to high, with skeptics saying that America wasn't ready for a black president, yet his popularity rose and rose.
The new president means new policies and a new direction for the country and so the world. He will have a new team influencing his decisions on the current finical crisis to what role America is going to play in cutting greenhouse gasses. There will be new laws and new benefits for Americans yet he is also most likely to remove some of the things that have served American society for a long time.
It is impossible to say how Obama is going to respond to the new job and in which direction he takes America. It is also impossible to tell whether it will be from the better or worse for any person, yet American citizens have chosen their next president and are going to have to live with that for another four years. As the new president elect gets ready for his inauguration a few issues will definitely be on Barack Obama's mind, including the very fist decision he needs to make... what will the design of the carpet in the Oval office will be like.
