Back In The Game: My Observation and Assessment of Our Two Major Political Parties and President Obama

I entitled this book “Back in the Game,” because I provide my views about why I believe the Republican Party was able to regain political dominance in 2014 and become the majority party in the House and the Senate. Additionally, I discuss the similarities and differences as well as issues and accomplishments of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. But most importantly, because there has been a lot of rhetoric concerning President Obama’s job performance, I provide my personal views on what I perceive to be his successes and failures when compared to other Presidents throughout history. As Barack Obama’s Presidency nears an end, it has become increasingly important for me to make my own assessments of his job performance and accomplishments. My desire is to address some of the issues and stumbling blocks that have been placed in his way from the beginning and throughout his Presidency. I must say that what I’ve observed from the outset of his Presidency is President Obama’s ability to carefully orchestrate the way he desired to be perceived by his supporters and non-supporters by trying hard to be a President for all people. However, it has been very hard for him to keep the promises he made along those lines because he couldn’t avoid the fact that he was dealing with real life issues from a variety of special interest groups. That’s why, I don’t believe that President Obama fully understood the challenges that he would be confronted with on so many levels. It’s difficult to please everyone and especially when there are so many special interests groups vying for his attention and approval of their agendas or programs. Though he hasn’t necessarily succeeded in this area, it’s not because he hasn’t worked hard at it. Sometimes, the best you can do is to do the best job that you can for the benefit of all rather than focusing on a specific group of people. No other President in history has come under so much scrutiny as has Barack Obama. He has been criticized at every turn for making decisions that he has deemed best for our country. But in some cases, Barack Obama has gotten in his own way, however; nearly all of our Presidents have had their share of problems and controversies in both their personal lives and in their political careers. In fact, most if not all of our President, have done or said something stupid including having awkward moments that have caused people to wonder, “What was he thinking?” However, what people fail to understand is that these people are human and no different than you or I in that respect. The big difference is that elective officials are in the public’s eye and represent the United States of America on so many different levels. As a result, they’re held to a higher standard. Because of this, he or she needs to be more transparent and always aware that we and the world are watching them. They represent every American so it’s important for them to be seen in only the very best light. However, as you’ll discover in this book, none of our President have been beyond reproach.