President Obama was back in office on Wednesday the 7th of November, 2012; he had taken some time off from office for his campaigning in the U.S. Presidential Election.
Obama went to his hometown, Chicago, where he celebrated his victory. He received a standing ovation as he visited hundreds of campaign staffers, some of whom scrambled on top of desks to get a better view of him.
Obama, now has an opportunity to change the way his administration operates and expand the agenda it pursues. Almost immediately, he will address a host of expected departures in his senior staff, giving him the chance to fill out the top levels of his administration with new people best suited to achieve his second-term ambitions.
“There’s a lot of flexibility in how you do it,” said Martha Kumar, a Towson University professor of political science who specializes in presidential transitions. “You work with what you’ve got and the environment you’re in, and right now for this president that’s the fiscal-cliff issues.”
The campaign season has effectively frozen the business of Washington for much of the past year. Obama now faces a year-end fiscal showdown with a Congress largely unchanged by the recent election, as well as his own second-term staffing issues in the White House and at key Cabinet agencies (WP, Obama,8).
The Republican Party definitely needs to analyze what went wrong in their campaigning. They had a setback after the loss of two senate seats. “I hope there’s going to be some real soul-searching [in the] Republican Party about what they’re willing to cooperate on,” Vice President Biden told reporters traveling aboard Air Force Two.
Referring to the election results, Biden said, “I think the real takeaway is: What is the takeaway going to be on the part of our Republican colleagues?” (WP, Obama,8)
Although the unemployment rate was high, and a massive hurricane brought about disaster, damage and destruction to the eastern coast of America President Obama did the best he could with whatever resources he had in hand. The credit of capturing the most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, added a much deserved feather to his cap. The president informed his decision to withdraw military troops from Iraq within a few years. All of this did act in his favor.
Carrying ahead emotional stance, opposition came with, “I feel very optimistic about, in my view, immigration reform,” Biden said Wednesday. “Because as we talked about with most of the Hispanic communities I spoke with over the last month, it played a major role. And that’s got to be a wake-up call for a lot of my Republican colleagues.”
Obama is enjoying his victory which has provided him with the chance to rule the United States for the second term, as well. Obama was seen in his hometown along with his family, meeting his fellowmen and expressing his gratitude and acknowledging his obligations to his country.
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