President Barack Obama exudes confidence and it is contagious.  He is quickly becoming the president of the people.  Americans are really excited about the positive energy that he is generating and despite hard economic times, people are optimistic about the future.  President Obama faces high expectations.  However, with a smile on his face, the President has said that he is eager to get started in his quest to get the country and yes even the world back on the right track.  And it appears that the people are committed to helping.

Some critics will try to focus on little things when trying to define the success of the Obama presidency.  But Obama represents an American success.  He is already on the mountaintop and America sits there with him.  There are no more blue or red states or liberals or conservatives or special interests.  Instead, President Obama is leading the charge for a United States of America much as he communicated during his presidential campaign.  He wants a country where it's okay to disagree but advocates doing so without being disagreeable.

That's why it's okay to have Rev. Rick Warren pray at his inauguration and that's why it's okay for the good reverend to invoke the name of Jesus.  We don't all have to be on the same page or walk in lockstep to avoid dismissal as not relevant.  That's the old way.  The election of Barack Obama was the beginning of a new way and the movement which he is leading now has wheels. Persons like Rush Limbaugh who are slow to accept this fact that change has come to America will have a hard time.

Rush does not stand alone as an obstacle to a better America.  He has teammates, because many who perceive change as a loss of power or influence will stand with him.  So President Obama shouldn't be surprised when he encounters resistance from the so-called political Right and the Left, Republicans and Democrats, White and Black Americans, the media, and countless others who will insist on skinning their cats the same way.  However, right now the nameless masses who are heeding the call to help President Obama make positive change a group effort, appear to have the advantage.