The Call for Change, Toward 2010 and Beyond
The Call for Change, Toward 2010 and Beyond
By Benjie Oliveros
Last year, then US President George W. Bush’s anointed successor was resoundingly defeated by Barack Obama, who campaigned under the banner of change. Change was the rallying call of Americans who campaigned and voted for Obama because that is exactly what America needed. America, in 2008, was reeling from the initial impact of the financial and economic crisis that is still gripping the world up to now. It was enmeshed in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars that it should not have been involved in in the first place. As a result, Bush suffered from a long-running low satisfaction rating. And John McCain, Republican candidate who ran against Obama, carried the weight of Bush’s unpopularity and flawed policies. The victory of Obama is an expression of the American people’s desire for change, as well as a vote of disgust for the Bush administration and what it represented.
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