Obama for President

If the elections were today and I was old enough to vote, I would vote for democratic candidate Barack Obama. He may be young but he is also very gifted. Going through Harvard, earning a degree in law and becoming the first African-American President of the Harvard Law Review is nothing to just wave by as useless information. It just shows how educated he is in the threads of government and that he is willing to stand up for justice. Also, his speaking abilities always have had people at the edge of their seats and unlike McCain, he doesn't use note cards. This portrays a more confident and strong image rather than being shown as weak and unsure by having to constantly look down at your cards for what to say next. That's just what we need in order to show the rest of the world that, just because our economy has been suffering and that men and women who serve this country are dying in Iraq, the U.S. is still strong and powerful and not a minor country.
Right now, most, if not everyone, knows that the economy is at its all-time low since the Great Depression and that directly affects me too. Wages have not risen while consumer products have which means that the money will be staying longer in the piggy bank in order to buy what I want. While in office, Bush gave those that earned over $1 million a tax cut that was nearly 160 times greater than that received by the middle-class. In my opinion, that act is not justifiable. Obama plans on first providing $50 billion to stimulate and jumpstart the economy and prevent many Americans from losing their homes. He also plans on raising the minimum wage, protecting striking workers, creating a universal mortgage credit and closing bankruptcy loopholes for mortgage companies. These and more protect our natural rights. For families, he would like to reform the No Child Left Behind policy by giving schools more resources and to help schools rather than punishing them when they don't meet the standards. Also Obama wants to lower college admissions which is a big problem right now with the new arriving freshmen classes growing bigger and bigger every year. He plans on doing that by ensuring that the first $4000 of a college tuition is free. Family is important to Obama and therefore he plans on removing "some of the government penalties on married families, crack down on men avoiding child support payments, ensure that support payments go to families instead of state bureaucracies, fund support services for fathers and their families, and support domestic violence prevention efforts." With the economy and domestic affairs being a big concern, he also has great concerns for foreign policy.
What I favor in Obama's plans for foreign policy is that he does not want to resort to violence. His preference is to just increase the pressure on countries. For example, he states that it is "time to pressure Iran directly to change their troubling behavior." To add on, he does not just plan on making them submit to our pressure and then leaving them bitter. His moves are to "offer incentives like membership in the World Trade Organization, economic investments, and a move toward normal diplomatic relations." However, if that does not work, Obama still does not want to resort right to violence and instead wants to "step up our economic pressure and political isolation." The men and women overseas right now who volunteered their lives to protect our country have suffered enough. Also relating to foreign policy, the U.S. have made so many enemies that many people don't feel safe anymore. Obama would like to create change and create more positive relationships with foreign countries. In order to reach these goals, the U.S. would need to come together in unity and work as a whole and that's what Obama wants. He plans on creating a bipartisan Consultative Group of leading members of Congress.
If elected, Obama promises to reverse Bush's policiy of secrecy and to make declassification secure but routine. With hidden truths and white lies not being a proglem, I believe that candidate Barack Obama has much more in store for us as Americans have high expectations for the next president. I strongly do believe that he is the right one for this job for his solutions to issues concerning the economy, domestic affairs, foreign policy and more are what this country needs. His skin may be black but even McCain talks about change. Obama being president would bring one of the biggest changes in history.