In case you are just an oblivious person and has no idea what has been going on in the United States for the past few months, you should know that we now have a new president. Not only do we have a new president but it is a historic occasion, he is the closest thing that we have had to an African American president, he is half African American and half white. He is the closest thing that we have to a president that does not fit the norm. Every president that we have had has been white and mostly old and has had the same type of look, but I don't think that you can say that with our newest president Barack Obama. On Tuesday it will have been his first week as the president of the United States of America. I wonder how it feels, how can a man go from living in Chicago and being in politics for only a few years to running our country and change the perspective of the U.S. It is a huge change that I am happy that will happen in my lifetime. A few years ago when Hilary Clinton was rumored to run for president people thought that it was a joke. I remember my family at the dinning room table and my uncles and dad laughing about it. At that time no one even knew who Obama was let alone that he was going to become our next president.
Not only is he changing American, but he is changing his life and his children's lives forever. The younger daughter is really young like 6 or 7 and if Obama only id president for one term she will only be 10 or 11 when he is done. She might not even remember some of what happened, but there will be people watching her for the rest of her life. It is strange to think that normal children who just went to a normal school, suddenly get to live in the White House, I wish that I was their friend. I heard that they had a sleep over with all of their friends from Chicago in the White House and they did a scavenger hunt through out the house and their were like their favorite celebrities and stuff their (how cool). How awesome would it be to do what ever you like and meet who ever you want to. It seems that they were just thrown into the situation not saying that it is a bad situation to be thrown into, but I doubt that they had a say in whether or not their dad was to run for president or whether they wanted to move to Washington D.C. they did not have a choice and what if they did not want to, no one thinks about the kids. They will probably rarely ever see their dad and all they get for that is a puppy. I think that it would suck if I got a puppy instead of seeing my dad even if he was the president. One week so far at the white house I wonder how they feel.
I wonder what the big first change Obama will make. Taxes, Economic crisis, war on terror... there are so many issues that he has discussed, and so many things that he has promised and I know that they will not happen right away, but what will the first major thing Obama will do as president.
I guess we will see and find out what is in store for the U.S. with Obama as our new president.
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