Is the pressure Obama's under too much to live up to?

[BanginJimmy]

but his efforts are to change the mind of the greedy America.

What about changin the minds of those expecting their handouts on every 1st and 15th? Greed is a part of the problem, though not nearly as much as dems would like you to think. Another part is this attitude by some that they are owed something, or they have rights to handouts. Neither are true, and both are growing at a dangerous pace.

There is no compassion left in this country,

You couldnt be more wrong. America is the most compassionate country in the world. What is running thin is our patience in people who's life ambition is to milk the handout system.

our $$ are spent on random shit, people are being fooled into agreements that severly hamper their lives, and to top it all off we don't take care of home.

I agree 100%. Though part of that is consumer ignorance, another part is the fine print that is written in a way that you need a lawyer to understand.

All we can do is hope for the best. I firmly believe that the next 4 will not get worse, and if he has to hand the reigns over in 2012, the President elect will want to continue the directional shift.

I agree, although I hope the next president shifts us more right and not left. Until this country makes self relaince its #1 priority we will continue to slip on the world stage.