Speak Out
The victory speech has been given, the balloons and confetti have fallen, and now Barack Obama is the President-Elect of the United States of America. After more than a year of campaigning, from the primaries to the general election, the nation has finally spoken, and now Obama’s journey has just begun. On January 20, he will make his way down Pennsylvania Avenue and be sworn in as President. The next two months will be no vacation for the president-elect. Between now and the end of January, he will have to create policy to address the issues at hand, prioritize his goals in office and put together a staff of secretaries and cabinet members to assist and advise the new president. With all of these new responsibilities, how will our new president accomplish the goals he talked about during the campaign? What issues do you think President-Elect Obama should tackle first? How would you advise the new leader of the United States of America?
I think that Obama's first priority should be to get the troops out of Iraq.
Xavier, Widner Memorial, Philadelphia, PA