Aquinobama MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 06/17/2010

Aquinobama

MR. EXPOSE Amb. Ernesto Maceda 06/17/2010 Political analysts are now starting to draw a parallel between the victories of young Afro-American President Barack Obama and young bachelor Benigno Simeon Aquino III. In both cases, there are very high expectations of change and improvement in the life of the people. Even TV broadcaster Vic de Leon-Lima made this comment in his program Tuesday. There are lessons to be learned from the Obama presidency so far whose popularity ratings have nosedived from a high 75 percent to a low 53 percent in the surveys after only one year and four months in office. President Obama had the advantage of having a majority of Democratic members of both Houses of Congress. In the House of Representatives, P-Noy elected only 44 representatives and in the Senate, the count is only five senators. A minority President with 42 percent of the popular vote, P-Noy will have to exert a lot of effort to unify the different blocs and interest groups. Can he do it? Judging from the initial reports of his Cabinet lineup, it appears that the principal consideration is payback for those who helped support him in his election victory. Nothing fundamentally wrong with that except it goes against big expectations of change and reform. A US TV host on the Fox channel in criticizing Obama on his handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had this to say: “The presidency is not just a matter of rhetoric. You must have the experience to do the job.” Barack Obama has been given failing marks and hit hardest in his handling of the economic crisis, the federal budget deficit, perceived weak response to the terror threat, unemployment and most recently the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Sounds familiar!.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100617com4.html

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