The year of frustrated hopes

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The year of frustrated hopes

Why has Barack Obama disappointed his supporters on so many issues?

January 27, 2010

ONE YEAR ago, millions of people were in Washington for the inauguration of Barack Obama as president.

They wanted to witness history being made--the first African American president taking the oath of office in a land built on slavery. But they were also celebrating the end of the long years of Republican dominance in Washington and the expectation that a new era was beginning in U.S. politics.

Obama's oft-repeated statement from the campaign spoke to the hopes of millions of people: "We are the change we have been waiting for."

One year later, we're still waiting--and the idea that Barack Obama is part of anything to do with change seems like a joke. The disillusionment in Obama has left many people wondering if they were wrong to hope at all.

http://socialistworker.org/2010/01/27/year-of-frustrated-hopes

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