Great expectations for Obama


by Newswire    
November 14, 2008 at 6:19 pm

A new national poll suggests that most Americans think Barack Obama will make major accomplishments as president of the United States.

Nearly two-thirds of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday say President-elect Barack Obama will change the country for the better, with 25 percent saying Obama won’t change the country and 9 percent indicating that he will change the country for the worse.

“He’s inspired me and this entire nation with his fondness for change,” said iReporter Brian Langkan of Elgin, Illinois. “I just hope that the bureaucracy and the typical procedures of Washington don’t weigh him down or hold him back or lead him in a new direction.”

Expectations are high not just in America but around the world.

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