Obama

The first black male to win the biggest prize and at such a young age. Well done Lewis Hamilton, Britain's Formula 1 world champion and well deserved. Oh I guess the other bit of news was the outcome of some election across the pond.
I'm glad he won, I supported him from the outset and really he was easily the best choice out of a bunch of bad ones. I was disappointed Al Gore didn't give it a go or Pelosi. Ron Paul was someone I would of liked to see more off and was appalled by the media for not giving him a chance in several debates.
Even though I wanted Obama to win I think the world has gone crazy like this is some kind of second coming. I think a lot of people will be disappointed especially younger voters. What presidents say and what they are capable of doing is very different even with a democrat led congress.
I don't want to dampen spirits but how much change are we likely to see? Will the US now stop the building of a missile defense in Poland making the life of millions of EU citizens a target? Will they increase aid to the UN recommended 0.7% of GDP? Will they bring down agricultural tariffs? (yes i know Europeans can't talk on this issue) Will they stop providing arms to underdeveloped countries? Will they allow the world bank leader to be democratically elected by all members? Will he actually make policies concerning the economic crisis or continue the blahh Blahh we have been hearing.
The questions are endless and I hope the answer for some will be yes but i fear they will all be no. I'm sure obama will be a great leader but his international appeal will wain rapidly especially with the 'bringing the jobs back to the US' policy, it may be good for the US but tell that to the Asian worker who will now go hungry or Korean who suddenly finds that Hyundai can't sell as many cars (I do agree that it's Koreas own fault for not opening up there markets more).
Why has he been hyped so much? What has he achieved? Nothing yet, I think the media has a lot to do with it. They have sensationalized every aspect of these elections like never before. The media as with almost every country is biased and I was appalled when in one debate fox refused to let Ron Paul enter the debate even though he was the top republican funded and ahead of Guilliani.
A couple of tidbits also intrigued me during these elections especially the issue of funding, obama had so much more than Mccain that it was never going to a battle. The fact that few of the candidates actually have any experience Clinton, obama, romney and guilliani all have as much experience in high political jobs as bush has brain cells. Perhaps there is a good reason someone can enlighten me why there is no leader of the opposition, who controls the voice of the opposition.
I'm glad these election are over and sure it won't be long until the next ones start. I really hope he does a great job and sure he will if people lower there expectations.