According global mass media,
it seems to be that Obama is becoming a specially blamed lame duck. ‘Not only
is he losing power, but also his well-known charm and charisma,' it is said.
War conflicts in the Middle East such as Syria, Iraq and the bloodthirsty
Islamic State; the raise of Chinese Economic Power, the lack of imagination to
solve domestic social troubles, e.g. Ferguson (Missouri) and so on.
There is not any doubt that
Obama will leave thousands of unsettled political problems on his rectangular
table in the Oval Office at the White House. If not, he would be a superhero
like Captain America.
In my opinion, Obama’s
Achilles heel is not his ineffectiveness in both domestic and global issues,
but Republican Party. The current US President has had to rule most of the time
against clear Republican majorities: first, at the Congress, and from now on at
the Senate as well. A wide range of his initiatives would have been successful
whether both chambers had been under Democratic control.
God willing, Obama still has
two years ahead of him as a US President. No one knows what may happen in these
two years. His aura can raise or drop. Anyhow, it is not on our minds to know
it; we can simply guess.
Let me tell something.
Whatever could materialize within this time, but Obama will be known in the
future not only because he was the first Afro-American US President, not only
since he was a fabulous orator, and a cultured politician; not only, lastly,
for the reason that he really was a very charismatic leader.
My point of view is that he
will have achieved to force Americans to realize that they have two big social
problems: Public Health and Immigration. Obama has taken two main domestic political
initiatives: first, a real Health Public System ('Obamacare'), which covers especially
the lowest layers of population; and second, the proposal to regulate the situation for
about 6 million of illegal immigrants. He may reach or not these goals, but
just for trying to solve these huge social injustices, Barack Obama deserves a
place amongst the greatest Presidents in the History of the United States of
America.
Because today is Black Friday
at least, wouldn’t you agree?
