Submitted by Scottwheaton:
WASHINGTON — No president since before Barack Obama was born has ascended to the Oval Office confronted by the accumulation of seismic challenges awaiting him. Historians grasping for parallels point to Abraham Lincoln taking office as the nation was collapsing into Civil War, or Franklin D. Roosevelt arriving in Washington (Read More)
: The main responsibility for Obama will be to protect the nation from terrorist threat and to take care of economy.@nishith @sunil @ajay @alpesh @bala what do you think?
: It is a challenge for Obama and it is a big one as the article states: "But the task awaiting Mr. Obama arguably transcends this economic program or that foreign crisis. He takes over a nation weary of the past and wary of the future, gloomy about its place in the world, cynical about its government and desperate for some sense of deliverance. Nearly nine of every 10 Americans think the country is on the wrong track, the deepest expression of national pessimism in the polling history." I think Obama is the man to tackle these tasks. Maybe his lack of experience in certain fields allows him to see solutions others don't see.