"We are the ones we've been waiting for"

Republicans during the 2008 election liked to paint Senator Obama as some sort of hopeful messiah of the left that would change everything for the better.  The Presidency by design of the founders is probably the weakest branch of the United States government, the most powerful thing he can do is send troops to war and not much else.

Again, the what is not what's important in terms of what the President accomplishes or doesn't it's HOW.

President Obama cannot make this country a better place.  We have to do that if we're grown up enough to make the hard choices.  We can't reduce the deficit and cut our own taxes. We can't afford to stay in Afghanistan forever just so we can feel safe.  We can't bitch and moan about other congressional districts' pork projects while we celebrate and laud our own.  If we want this country to change we have to do it.  No one else can do it for us. And it's not going to be easy.  No one ever said it would be.