Obama "Can," but He Needs Time

Published in El Pais
(Spain) on 8 April 2011
by David Perez Tallon (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Brandee Bilotta. Edited by Jenette Axelrod  .
The feeling is that Obama can, but he is going to need more time. The current president of the United States has presented his candidacy for reelection as the Democratic candidate for 2012.

He came to power with his slogan announcing himself the man of change and with a convincing and stimulating rhetoric with which he persuaded the American public until he fully convinced them that to want to is to be able to. Today, most of the facts are denied; despite his efforts he has failed to avoid an unemployment rate of over 9 percent or to remove Guantanamo. And, as additional ballast, he has engaged in a new war in Libya.

The "Yes, we can" that moved the foundations of the American conscience, that flooded the hope of its citizens, now seems diluted because no one then, in full euphoria, contemplated the possibility that the change would not be achieved rapidly.

Obama therefore needs more time, and the continuation of his project of socio-political conversion will depend largely on the patience that the American public shows.



Da la sensación de que Obama puede pero que va a necesitar de más tiempo. El actual presidente de Estados Unidos ha presentado su candidatura a la reelección como candidato demócrata para el año 2012.

Llegó al poder con la vitola del hombre del cambio y con una retórica convincente y estimulante con la que persuadió al pueblo americano hasta convencerlo plenamente de que querer es poder. Sin embargo hoy los hechos le niegan la mayor, porque pese a su empeño no ha logrado evitar que el paro se siga manteniendo por encima del 9%, ni ha conseguido desmontar todavía Guantánamo. Y, como lastre adicional, se ha visto envuelto en una nueva guerra en Libia.

El "Yes, we can" que movió los cimientos de la conciencia americana, que inundó de esperanza a sus compatriotas, parece ahora diluirse porque nadie entonces, en plena euforia, contempló la posibilidad de que el cambio no fuera a conseguirse de un modo rápido.

Obama necesita por tanto de más tiempo, y la continuidad de su proyecto de conversión político social dependerá en buena medida de la paciencia que muestre el pueblo americano.
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