The Pros And Cons Of Barack Obama

Barack Obama became the first african american president, sending a wave of change and inspiration for women across the country. Obama became the forty-fourth president of the united states when he beat out John Mccain and his running mate Sarah Palin for the 2008 president. He served two terms in office, with his last term ending in 2016 with the election of Donald Trump. Before the election of Obama the oval office had been anything but diverse, with white men ruling for two hundred and twelve years before. Obama's election added a new aspect to america that no one had ever seen before and for many including women it became a time for change. While factual account of the presidential election of Barack Obama in 2008 reveals the manner in
Before the 2008 election of Obama the Bush administration had grown, “unpopular, particularly regarding the ongoing war in Iraq, the response to Hurricane Katrina, and the economic downturn that the country was experiencing” (). This means that the people of the US were desperate for a change in government, so that they could fix the hard times the country was experiencing. The country wanted something new because Bush was so unpopular due to his failing policies. This allows Obama to swoop in with his new and diverse policies and position himself as a, “force for change” (). The People used his campaign ideas to deliver that the country was eventually going to end up okay. His ideas of change is what made him so popular because the administration before was not as popular. In the eyes of people all over the country he was what they needed to get them back on their feet. As a result of his campaign he ended up winning and becoming, “ the first African American president of the United States”(). The people of the united states supported his diverse policies because they wanted something new, allowing him to do something that no one else had done before. Obama introduced america to a world diversity in politics, allowing him to be a historic