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Name: MrsPhoenix

Comment: AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: TGen

Comment: "Bush has been taking a dump on the nation for eight years, but everyone will expect Obama to fix everything in eight weeks. If you are amongst that number, you should now be ignored…" LOL, I gotta agree with you there. It's no surprise that the expectations are so unrealistic for the Black guy, lol, but I'm with you, I think he'll do a great job regardless of the pizz-poor shape this country is in (though I don't agree with a lot of his staff/cabinet choices thus far--full of pro-Iraq people--but I'll still give him a chance). That said, I don't fully concur with your premise that the pres-elect doesn't "owe anyone anything." I think you have to remember from whence you came, not to say there should be special favors or anything, but as a matter of principle he should be beholden to try to realize the rhetoric that got him elected. He ran as an anti-Iraq war candidate--that's what propelled him to the fore in the primaries--and he has to deliver. He "owes" it to those who voted/canvassed/volunteered for him (me) with that in mind. That's just one example, but there are others (correcting the justice dept and all these erroneous sentences, closing Gitmo, middle class tax cuts, etc.) I pretty much agree with your lists but I don't know if he should "ignore" all those groups. Like I think the illegal immigration thing is a MAJOR issue that can't be ignored. It has big-time economic implications and if he wants to seriously try to get this country's economy back on track, he has to address the 20 million new "residents" who've infiltrated the system, used public services, paid no taxes, etc. Illegal immigrants are breaking the backs of some of these states (Cali is asking for 5 billion dollars!) Okay, let me get off that rant cuz I could go on and on, lol. Good post.

Name: DarrylJames

Comment: TGen, to clarify, Obama should and I believe will keep his campaign promises. But that isn’t about owing anyone, that is about being consistent. As for the illegal immigrants, he should certainly pay attention to the issue, but my point was that he doesn’t owe then anything simply because Hispanics supported him. I personally think that the borders should be closed and all of the criminals who are here illegally should be dumped back into their own nation, because they are draining an already overtaxed system.

Name: McNasty

Comment: *standing O* this pretty much covered all those that have begun to moan and groan in expectation of some sort of miracle. The racially charged extremists have always been roaming around spouting their hate and can you believe in one college town some bored white boys shat in pizza boxes and left them on the lawn of a woman that had O/B signs in her yard. That's expected - they've always been freakishly nasty and up to this point we've pretty much learned to ignore them too - they aren't even important to themselves. Obama has a helluva task at hand, mes.s left by his predeces.sor and I'm still thinking that some of it was on purpose. No miracles no wand waving - patience and support is what he needs from us because I believe in my heart of hearts we finally have a president that will work hard to do the right thing. Hey - maybe that's the miracle!

Name: McNasty

Comment: *I personally think that the borders should be closed and all of the criminals who are here illegally should be dumped back into their own nation, because they are draining an already overtaxed system.* I so totally agree with this, especially now as there are even more illegals overcrowding the area where I live. They knew from jump crossing the border was illegal they shouldn't be helped by county and community services which just encourages them to stay and bring more. There's a waiting list and if they hurry they can all line up at the end! TGen maybe you're thinking of 'owe' as in debt which it is not - he does owe us the opportunity to see his word come to fruition.

Name: TGen

Comment: Darryl/McNasty, point(s) taken. I actually kinda knew what you meant with the illegal immigrant thing, I just decided to take my usual rabble-rouser angle, lol. :)

Name: Exmun

Comment: Great piece as usual Darryl. It's also nice to see you comment after-the-fact, something that many of the other writers don't care to do. I agree with your premise that Obama owes no specific group in the sense of favors. But he does owe America his earnest effort to make his words come true. He campaigned on certain principles... hope in America, change from the "favor the rich" way of governing that has become status quo, an energy plan that really does move us toward decreasing our use of foreign oil, getting the hell out of Iraq, leveling the playing field at work, etc. I just want to see him and his administration do what they said. For the first time in my voting years, I believe that we have a man at the top who will do or at least attempt to do what he said. With the increases that the Democrats made in the House and the Senate, they should have the ability to run the table. Basically, they have a two year lease on life. For all of our sakes, I hope that our man O does what he said he will do.

Name: DarrylJames

Comment: Exmun--you are correct. Obama owes the American people--all of us. And if he keeps his campaign promises, I believe that his efforts will benefit us all. My whole argument is that he can favor no specific group if he is to serve the best interests of the entire nation.

Name: blackdragon

Comment: Great article, Mr. James. I agre with all ten. I especially agree with you on the issue of illegal immigration. Send those illegal aliens back to their countries and close the border.

Name: Exmun

Comment: Blackdragon, I'm not sure that Darryl was advocating one way or the other on the illegal immigration issue. I think he just wanted to say that Obama shouldn't feel beholden to Hispanics to pass this as a political favor. Plus, I believe that his campaign ran on the position that we needed "comprehensive immigration reform," code for some of them (criminals) will have to go back, and other law abiding undocumented immigrants must 1) pay a fine, 2) pay their taxes, and 3) get to the back of the line so that they don't skip ahead of others who applied lawfully. I seriously doubt that the Democrats will ship all undocumented workers back to Mexico, etc.

Name: MzTee

Comment: Great article DJ...In regards to illegal aliens, it would be impractical and impossible to round up 20 million hispanic folks and deport them. How does one go about implementing such a massive deportation scheme or finding them for that matter? It would be straight pandemonium to try to deploy something of that nature because a lot of American born hispanics and legal hispanic immigrants would get caught up in this maze and you'd have lawsuits out the azz. I think immigration reform is key - especially, the enforcement or strengthening of existing immigration laws. These folks would not be coming to America if they couldn't get jobs -- somebody is employing them. The other side of the equation that hardly anyone comments on are those businesses that employ illegal aliens and profit off their low cost labor. Where are the criticims of these industries (agriculture, textile, low-end manufacturing, etc.) or the arguments for %*$essing these industries higher fines/penalties or possible closure for employment of illegal aliens? I certainly haven't heard any.

Name: McNasty

Comment: MzTee they can start with the dmv who issued licenses to them without the same documentation required by the rest of us. Then go to the wic office because you have to sign up to get it and then they can stop by each and every day labor site where they stand for work because they don't have the proper documentation to get regular jobs. That ought to round up about half that 20 mil. There is a way but there would be an outcry even Obama wouldn't be able to withstand. Whatever is done it has to be in consideration for the ones that are already on the waiting list, the ones that are trying to come here legally.

Name: MzTee

Comment: McNasty...sure they can go to those places, but it's still a costly and time consuming proposition to administer and deploy. Hell, in reality it's almost like enacting marshall law on Hispanics. And trust, they won't round up ALL of those folks just going to those places. And, there is NO way to ensure that American born and legal Hispanic immigrants aren't ensnared. Further, no one is addressing the other side of the coin -- the offending law-breaking employers of illegal aliens. American big bizness as well as the U.S. government is just as complicit in allowing this problem to spiral out of control. Again, these folks DON'T employ themselves. Illegal aliens aren't the only ones breaking the law.

Name: McNasty

Comment: MzTee not even in a perfectly lawles.s world would they even begin to entertain what's in my last post. I was mini venting because the situation where I live is getting out of control. I also realize that if it weren't for big bidness the problem wouldn't be as large as it is but of late - they are going after the root cause - businesses not wanting to pay taxes on their workers. I wouldn't want them declaring marshall law on illegals - too much opportunity for them to take a second look at black folks.

Name: MzTee

Comment: McNasty...gotcha!

Name: HarrisThomas

Comment: repeaters others posts, great article, Darryl . . . . . in the blogosphere and in MSM, folk are making puzzling commentary about the Obama administration that is merely in transition . . . . . on immigration, I respect McNasty's observations because it is routinely reported that people who are surrounded by Spanish speaking people want officials to sort through that massive group at the local, state and federal levels to weed out illegals and return them home

Name: Exmun

Comment: There is NO way that an Obama administration goes after undocumented immigrants. No way. The hispanic people are the largest minority group in America. Rounding up undocumented hispanics in some sort of immigration dragnet would perpetually cede the hispanic vote to the Republicans, for no other reason than that. Obama favors "comprehensive immigration," meaning that many of them will get a path to citizenship. It makes sense to do this for a lot of reasons.

Name: SweetieDarlin

Comment: Great Article. Great Comments.

Name: HarrisThomas

Comment: Exmun, illegal immigration is a burden to many communities and any amnesty path to citizenship for illegals as part of an omnibus or comprehensive immigration package will spell big trouble for the Obama administration, especially during this economic down turn . . . . . anyway maybe the point is moot because there are reports that some illegals are returning home on their own because the jobs that they were working no longer exist as businesses close down or cut back workers

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