The New Beginning of Romanticism

The stalemate in the American federal government only is a reflection of the division along party lines of the American people. With the recent election of Barack Obama to the United States presidency one would hope the “Campaign of Fear and Intimidation” would begin to subside. Right wing conservative media coverage has become ensconced in our televisions like a cuckoo, defying the desires of its patrons. Rupert Murdoch has dripped the American people in his urine like a cat staking its turf, yet after what should be the joyous affirmation of America’s first black president the uncertainty continues. Why is this? It is because the faction America adamantly has voted out will remain until Barack Obama has been inaugurated. Slowly and with methodology Mr. Obama will restore the confidence and pride of the American people. Wouldn’t it be nice if the Republican faction could be removed as easily as its leading president? While majorities have been established in both houses of Congress and in local and state governments, the American people have no where to go. The faction that has been behind the Bush regime is going nowhere, and therefore Barack Obama has only begun his great journey as one of America’s greatest presidents. Bill Clinton remarked on the David Letterman show that this is a great time to be elected President. If the president elect is intelligent and motivated and skilled in diplomacy and enactment of policy, it should be a great time. Could there have been a time when problems were in more need of solution? Of course the answer is yes, but anyone living today might not feel that way. We in the U.S. have been living in times of epic proportions, and it is getting old. While making history may seem great, as Mr. Obama himself commented, “The time I look forward to is waking up in the morning and making breakfast for my girls.” The era of “epic proportions” needs to end, and the American people need and deserve to get back to life at hand.