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November 20, 2008
A long and rocky road ahead for US President-elect, Barack Obama
By Sheila Samples
Never in living memory has the nation been in such a deplorable state. With a staggering national deficit edging towards a trillion dollars, unemployment soaring to a fourteen-year high and a costly, drawn-out, seemingly unwinnable war being fought on two fronts, the next president of the United States will have his hands full. The question is: can Barack Obama handle it? For that matter, could anyone handle it?
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Never in living memory has the nation been in such a deplorable state. With a staggering national deficit edging towards a trillion dollars, unemployment soaring to a fourteen-year high and a costly, drawn-out, seemingly unwinnable war being fought on two fronts, the next president of the United States will have his hands full. The question is: can Barack Obama handle it? For that matter, could anyone handle it?Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.