Exhibit #1: The economy was in shambles and on the brink of a depression and the financial and auto industries were near collapse when Obama came into office, but with early passage of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and the Stimulus Bill, the stock market rallied and the economy grew from a shrinking 6.4% annual rate in the first quarter to a third quarter growth and expansion of 2.8%. It is now clear that the economy is growing again and the intractable 10% unemployment rate is finally decreasing, usually the last sign that a recession is coming to an end.

Exhibit #2: Obama is changing the way America is perceived around the world. The Nobel laureate committee exercised prescient judgment, declaring that Obama’s election coupled with his both private and public foreign engagement represented a truly seismic shift away from the tragically flawed "Bush doctrine" and toward peace. And let there be no doubt, the United States is now back from the political wilderness and back in the game on the world stage. For example, Obama’s recent trip to Copenhagen no doubt saved the conference from what would have been a devastating rebuke to collective action on the urgent global issue of climate change.

Exhibit #3: Obama can claim substantial domestic victories in a treacherous political climate, such as the expansion of health care for lower-income children, new regulations for the tobacco and credit card industries, an overhaul of military acquisition and most significantly, we are now on the precipice of passing historic health care reform which is vital progress on two key fronts: 1) prohibiting discrimination based on pre-existing conditions or having their insurance canceled when they get sick, and 2) providing financial aid to more than 30 million individuals who don’t get employer insurance along with tax breaks for small employers that do provide insurance.

So as we move forward, two quoted axioms are more apt than ever… Obama and his appropriate governing style continue to stress the “art of the possible” while “never allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good.”

That’s change all Americans can believe in!