King believed if enough people openly disobeyed, albeit peacefully, unjust laws and actions, those laws would fail. (Vanoue, 2002, 14-18)
While coming to logical conclusions from the available facts, however, there is no direct substantiation for the claims regarding Obama's motives and influences insofar as his stance on healthcare reform. Writing for the New York Daily News, Thomas Defrank notes that Obama ignored the advice of many of his staff and colleagues in pushing as hard as he did for reform, putting his own political future in jeopardy by taking the gambles that he did (Defrank 2010)
This makes his claims at least somewhat if not entirely suspect. In the online news source Black Voices, Paul Shepard notes that it is largely through his personal charisma and speaking abilities that Obama has been able to push his healthcare legislation through, especially with the voters; he also uses several personal anecdotes during his appeals to people in an effort to persuade them of the necessity and benefit of his healthcare reform plan (Shepard 2010)
President Obama has had more success on foreign policy as compared to domestic policy. This has been associated with the technocratic styles he has used, guided by facts, intelligence and expertise, (Jentleson & Bruce W
Foreign policy has continued to be more successful for Obama, because he is the main decision maker here and Congress has no power to interrupt the implementation as compared to domestic policy. Since he can do what he wants at his pace in foreign policy, people have assumed that he has concentrated more on the foreign policy as compare to domestic policy, (McCormick, James M
Responses to My Brother's Keeper An article in The Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina) quotes Johnny C. Taylor, CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, saying that the program launched by President Obama will, "at a minimum," produce a "national dialogue about the challenges facing boys of color" (Carbonell, 2014)
Education Reforms are needed Not all problems that are experienced by young men of color can be blamed on law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Journalist Rebecca Klein writes that while it is known that low-income students of color have as a rule "less experienced teachers," there is a deeper problem that needs addressing (Klein, 2014)
The task force created by Obama is committed to provide ideas to help young men of color in five key points in time that impact this segment of the population: a) "early learning and literacy"; b) pathways to higher education and to good careers; c) "ladders to jobs"; d) support networks including mentors; and e) "interactions with criminal justice and violent crime" (White House). Reasons behind My Brother's Keeper On the subject of the criminal justice system, an article in Huffington Post reports that the shocking statistic that "…one in every three black males born today can expect to go to prison at some point in their life" (Knafo, 2013)
As a result, everyone assumed that Clinton would more than likely win the nomination and challenge the Republicans in the fall. (Heilemann, 2010) However, Obama had tremendous amounts of support from many Democratic insiders (i
One of these is the AFL-CIO, which is a labor union organization. It has been very vocal about proper treatment of workers, and also about healthcare (Dilanian)
Currently, Obama makes use of both traditional (mainstream) and alternative media and news sources. With a Twitter account and a Facebook page, Obama is able to reach out to his supporters and to the entire country in more personal ways than he can do through mainstream sources (Lewin)
Media/Obama The Media and Obama Since the day President Barack Obama took office, the media interest in him has been intense. As the first African-American president, he was already an anomaly, and then he got involved in things like social media, which is not traditionally the realm of the leader of the free world (Maraniss, 25)
In his speech, Barack Obama has not only utilized the basic tools of team building and motivation, but has spoken in a manner that aligns with transformational leadership, a process in which leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation that is essential to continue successful goal completion and teamwork (Crawford, 9). Researchers have long noted that in a team situation, workers are more likely to be alienated if they are not allowed to achieve (Carleton, 461)
Speech Effectiveness and the Stockdale Paradox Barack Obama's speech can be ultimately viewed as an effective one, which has ultimately brought focus to team goals, successful team work, and triumph over adversity. In his speech, Barack Obama has not only utilized the basic tools of team building and motivation, but has spoken in a manner that aligns with transformational leadership, a process in which leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of morality and motivation that is essential to continue successful goal completion and teamwork (Crawford, 9)
Barack Obama's speech does much to single out the personal and collective work of his team in order to ensure that they know how much they have done and what they are capable of doing in the future. Stockdale Paradox The Stockdale Pardox notes that one must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end -- which one can never afford to lose -- with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of one's current reality -- whatever they might be (Hayes, 642)
S.-led international forces in Afghanistan," as one observer argues, "implies that the United States does not intend to transform Afghanistan into a Westernized democracy, as the neoconservative discourse during the Bush Administration seemed to suggest" (Ahmad, 2010, p
Accordingly, many expected Obama to change the course in American foreign relations. But did President Obama follow a different direction since he assumed power in the oval office? If yes, how were Obama's policies different from those of George Bush? or, did Obama simply continue a militarist policy which characterized the Bush foreign policy, as some observers have recently noted (Bacevich, 2010)? The purpose of this paper is to address these questions
Accordingly, many expected Obama to change the course in American foreign relations. But did President Obama follow a different direction since he assumed power in the oval office? If yes, how were Obama's policies different from those of George Bush? or, did Obama simply continue a militarist policy which characterized the Bush foreign policy, as some observers have recently noted (Bacevich, 2010)? The purpose of this paper is to address these questions
Faced with increasing criticism at home and the inability to stabilize Iraq, the Bush Administration began to temper its approach with realism. The Administration agreed to a bipartisan Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James Baker and Democratic Congressman Lee Hamilton (Baker & Hamilton, 2006)
S. regional presence and a serious of creative diplomatic initiatives to encourage Beijing to seek increased influence through diplomatic and economic interactions rather than coercion, and to use that increased influence in a manner that improves the prospects for security and economic prosperity in Asia and around the world" (Christensen, 2009, p