Barack Obama 's President Of The United States

Barack Hussein Obama Jr, the first African American President of the United States, was born on August the 4th 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama’s birth is considered as an important turning point for African American’s in history, he was the first African American to serve as a United States president. Barack Obama is currently the 44th president of the United States. He was raised in a middle class family with education being the core of their lives and had very noble values. Obama was a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, he was elected the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review. Obama met Michelle Robinson in 1989 in Chicago’s law firm of Sidley Austin as a summer associate and not too long after that they began to date. Obama was a civil rights attorney, community organizer in Chicago where he helped rebuild communities that was devastated by the closure of the local street plants and a teacher at University of Chicago Law School before pursuing a political career. The time Obama spent helping rebuild the communities he that this time of his life “the best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School” (1). For Obama, he explains that from that experience is what contributed to finding his identity and forming the path that he has taken whilst in the white house. Barack Obama won the election in November 4th 2008 and then took office on January the 20th 2009, these two dates were significant days for America.

The presidency of 44th US President Barak Obama has been marked with rather prominent and significant shifts in policy, reverberating throughout many areas of the country. One of the president’s most controversial proposals that has yet to be fully acted upon is providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. Supporters of the legislation point to a variety of moral and economic reasons to justify their position while opponents retaliate with their own concerns about the “fairness” of this policy action. For many against this pathway, citizenship is a delicate conceptual idea that already has a clearly defined pathway within the United States. Citizenship is often a rather subjective

In November 2008, Democratic Presidential Candidate Barak Obama became the first African-American President to the United States. He had coined the word “change” to his first campaign, insuring Americans that if he were elected there would be “change”. Through two-terms the Obama Administration has demonstrated the most controversial change of all, the passage of the Affordable Care Act, a health reform law enacted in March of 2010. With many flaws evident in the roll out of the Affordable Care Act, we can now question should the President and Congress repeal it and start over from scratch, as many GOP members and critics have suggested; or should all parties attempt to fix the evident flaws through bi-partisan negotiation and action

When George W. Bush started his first term as president, the country and the economy was at its peak, but soon, it slowly spiraled downwards. Bush is a Republican, who has previous political experience, such as helping his father with his campaign, and being the former governor of Texas. On November 7, 2000, George W. Bush competed in his first election, and running against Democrat Al Gore. His vice president was Dick Cheney of Nebraska, and he was Bush’s vice for both of his presidential terms. The results of his 2000 campaign were 50,456,002 for popular votes, and 271 as the electoral votes. On November 4, 2004, Bush engaged in his second election as his reelection, but this time around, he was running against John Kerry. For this

President Barack Obama will be seen as one of “the great presidents” by Historians. President Obama’s presidency will be seen as Historic because he was the first African American President. He served four years and was reelected for a second term with a high number of votes. He will be seen as great for his important accomplishment with the economy, healthcare, national and international leadership and more.

Donney and Canon (1997) suggests that the construction of organizational trust involves a calculative process based on the ability of the institution to continue to meet its obligations and on an estimation of the costs versus rewards received. The organizational political trust can be further subdivided into two types of trust: diffuse or system-based trust and specific or institution-based trust. While the former refers to the general public’s evaluation of the performance of the political system as a whole, the latter concerns certain political institutions, such as the Congress. In other words, to study citizens’ trust in the institutions of government, we look at their judgments about the commitment of their government to the task of representation. Citizens have access to various information sources to assess the trustworthiness of their government, one of which is through how they perceive the government to be

The President of the United States of America is literally the most important person on this planet. Why, you may ask? Well, that’s because, he is “in charge” of the most powerful and influential country of the world. Every decision he makes, in regard to America, can and will affect every other country in some sort of way. Presidents have so much power that every decision they make becomes news. Now, the next logical question would be, where does all this power come from? Who said it was okay for one person to have so much power? And most importantly, does the president of the United States of America actually have so much power all to himself?

A president of the United States must perform various roles such as, Chief Legislator, Commander in Chief, Chief Executive, Chief of State, Chief of Party, Chief Administrator, Chief Diplomat, and Chief Citizen. As the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton was a great president because of his performance in presidential roles and policies put forth during his presidency.

“This is our time… to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that out of many, we are one ; that while we breath, we hope…” ~ Barack Obama (Barack Obama Working to Make a DIfference) The United States of America not only had to seek out the criminals and then rebuild its security on the homefront from the terrorists attack on September 11, 2001, but the United States embraced equality by making Barack Obama President in 2008.. Along with the troubles America faced in the 2000 's, there were also occasions of excitement as Apple launched the first ever ipod in October 2001 . The 2000s is the decade to remember, and to never forget.

Before 1789, pharaohs, consuls, Kings, Queens, and Councils served as executive in other government and no national government had a president (Welch 326). George Washington, in 1789 became the first president of the United States, as well as the commander in chief, and one of the Founding father of the United States. As a democratic country, USA has a political system where power is divided in between a legislative, executive, and Judiciary. In the beginning the presidency was not very powerful office in a fledging country that had few international ties and virtually no standing Army. Today the President of the Unites States is among the most powerful figure in the world. As a chief diplomat and most powerful person of the country,

A politician’s career is like a roller coaster. They face ups and downs with achievements and disappointments. Through the eyes of the media, politicians are watched by the public and need to make good choices for their constituents and the region they represent. The President of the United States is put under enormous pressure, and is counted on to make the best decisions for the country. Throughout Ronald Reagan’s two terms as president, he was both praised and criticized by American citizens. Many policies and choices he made benefited society, while some others hurt his image. Based on the information from Chris Matthews’ book Hardball, Ronald Reagan went through peaks and valleys during his presidential terms, both gaining and losing public support.

Throughout the course of American political history, the presidential office has always been envisioned as a position of tremendous power and liberty, capable of making change and fulfilling promises to the American people for the ultimate betterment of their lives. Elected president in 2008, President Obama was faced with the hope and expectations of significant reform to combat the present discontent and struggle of the American public that remained at the end of Bush’s presidency. Surprisingly, while most Americans and the general public believe that the American president is capable of change and essentially rewriting history, Stephen Skowronek, in his book, The Politics Presidents Make, contends that presidents rarely have the opportunities to enforce drastic change. Rather, he states that presidencies are marked by life-cycles in respect to the “rise and fall” of political regimes and hence, these presidencies are characterized by their given moments and opportunities in history. Within this definition, the Obama presidency is restricted to an ongoing Reagan regime, limiting the Obama presidency to a preemptive role. Thus, in my paper I will expand upon the notion that Obama is a preemptive president rather than a reconstructive one based on Obama’s given political time by examining the Obama presidency in relation to the previous regime and the specific status of that regime.

Many factors and strategies are used to hamper and challenge the President’s law making powers. Congress has legislative power over the president as well as regulation of commerce and the budget. The president only has the power to veto something that he does not like (Sidlow and Henschen 2014). A bill may die in Congress, just because the House of Representatives will not pass it. If the White house and Senate are both Democrat, President Obama still may not have the power to implement his agenda. “The president can put all his or her persuasive powers to work in achieving a legislative agenda, but Congress still retains the ultimate lawmaking authority” (Sidlow and Hesnchen 2014). Politicians and state-level leaders have a major impact on controlling the president’s agenda, which is why we should not always point fingers at the President for a bill not passing.

In 1789, America saw the election of its first President, a man whom Americans could finally claim as their own after years of oppression by Great Britain, George Washington. The election of Washington symbolized the end of a period of confusion for America and the beginning of an unofficial precedent for the next 220 years. After Washington’s term ended, forty-two Caucasian males held the title of the President of the United States of America until January 20, 2009. January 20, 2009 signified the culmination of 220 years of American tradition and the inception of a new era as Barack Hussein Obama assumed office, becoming the first African American in American history to do so. President Obama’s inauguration was also monumental for the African-American community because never before had a black male simultaneously occupied the highest position in the United States government and society. Although President Obama earned the honorary title as President, we should also recognize and honor his many other accomplishments during Black History Month.

Some voters cast their ballots based on the emotions such as trust rather than on the candidate's experience or policy. These voters lean toward those candidates who appear to share the voter's concerns on the political issues at the time. They vote for a candidate that appears to be honest and have integrity (Schmidt, Shelley, Bardes, 2011, p.196)