In his acceptance speech delivered in Chicago's Grant Park, newly chosen President-elect Barack Hussein Obama threw down the gauntlet and declared A new dawn of American leadership is at hand. Indeed, with expectations for his incoming administration at a historic high the unprecedented election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America was met with heightened euphoria and emphatic hallelujahs. Undoubtedly some wondered can he truly live up to all the hype and handle well the monumental task at hand?" From day one, the ills of the nation ...