Yes, it was inevitable that Obama would be elected as soon as the financial meltdown began in 2008. McCain was dead meat from that point on.
I had also hoped that Obama might turn out to be a change for the better, and I was really pleased to see him get elected. For one thing, it might finally put to rest the idea that it's simply impossible for a "Black man" (actually mixed race) to be elected president...and that the world would end if it ever happened! ;-)
But that's a minor point.
What I really hoped was that Obama would stop fighting foreign wars, bring American troops home, establish far better relations with other nations, and improve the domestic scene in the USA.
He's done none of that. He's likable, he's a great speaker, he's a very smart guy, but he has not done any of the things I'd hoped he would do.
I am tremendously disappointed in Mr Obama.
I think the general feeling in Canada about him is...people mostly like him, they like him a lot better than they did Bush, but they see him as a weak president who is not delivering on his promises and apparently isn't able to for some reason. So he's still relatively popular here (and in Europe), but people don't get why he is not acting on the mandate that he was given by the people who elected him.
Has he made anything better? Ummm....wait....ummmm....gee, well...
Gosh, this is a tough one to answer! ;-D
I guess if you're at the top in the private health insurance industry or the banking system or the defense industry...yeah...but I'm not. I think those people are less than 1% of the population, aren't they?