PrintJune 26, 2008
The Maturing Presidency of Barack Obama
The awesome responsibilities of the presidency has the potential to bring out the best in a person. How might Barack Obama, currently the frontrunner, react to a defining challenge in office?Many a progressive pundit, stunned and mystified by the re-election of George W. Bush, opted to concede on the self-reassuring premise that Bush's mysterious appeal had nothing to do with the fledgling charisma of the untried president many knew prior to the cowardly attacks perpetrated by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001. Some believe that it wasn't until after we were attacked that President Bush came into his own; in other words, he grew up. Bush stepped onto his first term a young, ambitious, conservative ex-governor with somewhat limited experience in world affairs and a solid religious foundation. After the terrorist attacks many sensed that a dramatic transformation seemed to have taken place in Mr. Bush's personality. Up ‘til then he was derided by most of his enemies as...(Read Full Article)
