Political+Battles

In 2008 a new President was elected, his name was Barack Hussein Obama. His campaign was based on the idea of change. This was the perfect strategy coming off of an unsuccessful term by Gorge Bush. The country was losing jobs and the economy was flailing. This opened the door for Obama because he was a democrat and Bush was a republican. While John McCain was not George Bush people associated the two because of their shared party. Obama focused on the state of the economy during his campaign which appealed to Americans who listed that as their top priority. Although he was not nearly as experienced in politics as some would have like only being a first term senator he focused on the right issue. Obama won his election, but since he has not done anything to stimulate the economy and unemployment has gone up under his watch he may cost the democrats the Senate and the House of Representatives. When Ted Kennedy unfortunately past away he left a seat in the senate open in Massachusetts. This seat has been long filled by a democrat, but it was taken over by Scott Brown. This was a large blow to the Democratic Party when a republican was elected. Most people believe that this is only a for front for the upcoming mid term elections. When there is no money people blame the President and as a result his party. Just like he rode the economic coat tails into the job it is now coming back to bite Obama.