#secondinauguration

If you were to ask me back in 2008 anything about politics I would have shrugged my shoulders and simply stated I registered for the first time this year as a Democrat. Since then I have turned 22, almost completed college in which I have taken a few politics classes and seen Obama through his first four years. Here we are today, in 2013, re electing Obama. Now if you ask me why I re-elected him into another 4 years I will definitely have more to say, but the question is which is a bigger achievement for Obama: His election in 2008 or his re-election in 2012? Take a second and answer that yourself? Obamaachieved a lot his first election in 2008. He got elected right after the economic and military issues of the George Bush era. A lot of people will say he did little to nothing at all during the next four years to pull us out. I on the other hand believe he did because we were able to pull our troops out of Iraq.

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at his first inauguration in 2009. Photo credit: Associated Press But, after a long 4 years that proved to be difficult, Obama pushed through his campaign and was successfully re-elected. I am going to take the side and say I believe his biggest achievement was his first election in 2008 because of how inspirational it was with him being the first African American President our nation has seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR-sn2vzmFQ His election in 2008 will forever be an important moment in our nation's history. No matter how others felt once he was elected it was still a moment our nation as a whole felt proud. I as an 18-year-old then was more than excited to be apart of his election. Today as a 22-year-old helping re-elect him was still just as important. His inauguration is not something that deserves less attention then his first election in 2008 because it is just as important. He has by-passed four tough years with our nation and was able to motivate the public into letting him lead us for another 4 years. How do you as a public feel Obama will do these next 4 years? The Huffington Post states Obama was the 17th President to win re-election and his second-term goals are ambitious for a nation's who is split when it comes to political views. Even though I believe his first inauguration was the one I will remember the most and how it has impacted me. Some people were more impacted by the second inauguration, but other's hated it as well.

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Obama was sworn in on Sunday during a simple ceremony at the White House. He promises to focus on trying to restore the still-shaky economy and combat terrorists overseas while also keep the tradition with an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" based on the Constitution.