It is an absolute delight to have a president who keeps his cool under pressure, gives excellent speeches that captivate the audience, young and old, male and female, and who makes tough decisions that produce results such as capturing Bin Laden, or achieving difficult compromises with opponents. However, after a few years in office, President Obama has to put the lawyer in him on hold and govern as a president and not a lawyer. Every time the president has given a speech or an interview it sounds like he has to establish a disclosure and protection clause. Year one or two in a presidency it is acceptable to blame the other party, to let the people know that there is a long way to go; that there is a lot to do and so forth. But, after almost three years in office, the President has to inform us about all the positive achievements made, and that we have crossed at least halfway through the problems and there is a little less left to do for prosperous years to come. Just by omitting the word looooooooooong from the long way to go, he will instill great confidence that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and improve consumer confidence. People have run out of patience and money and they will eventually run out of hope that this President is making any progress, even if there are signs indicating the existence of progress.
This leads to my political wish that the President stands tall, acknowledges achievements, talks more confidently that things are not as dire as they seem, and will definitely get better without much emphasis on how much moooooooooooore there is to accomplish. A confident President instills confidence and makes the people march like the soldier who has confidence in his general that the war they are fighting will be won.
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