Why can't people get what Obama means by change????

Not always does change mean something drastic, but just a shift in attitude and objectives. The people are shouting that we want something real that represents us. We've all been cavalier about politicians. Oh, "that is just how they are." I think us common folks are asking for something different...

The change is in the attitudes of our leadership.

We need someone that is working "for the people, of the people and by the people." The change is someone that can get things done by bringing Republicanss and Democrats to talk and come to solutions together for the best interest of ALL of us...not just conservatives, not just liberals, not just rich, poor, black or white!!! Our country is suppose to be an example of the BEST way to do things that we know how. Obama represents that, in attitude, in his story, and his type of work. Let's face it, no president can do it alone...we need congress, the pentegon, the judiciary branch...all of it and if there is discord, how can anything get done!

The change is in uniting, not dividing.

He is a uniter and that is the change we need...the presidency is not an expert on everything! He/she is an expert on using good judgement and knowing how to make a decision that is fair and at the best interest of our country! A president should not be a divider. I voted for Barack Obama because he has shown good judgement even when he makes a mistake and he will make mistakes, even as president. All presidents do. His message is that government is for the people not some top level organization that tells the people what to do...its the other way around...from the bottom up. He has already brought the masses to the process! That was his first step to change! That IS the change! Young, old, black, white...we all get a voice... Some of us don't like that and THAT is what needs to change. Some of us are stuck in our egos and convinced we are right in all of our views, compassionless and unmoving for a solution. I watch CSPAN, I've seen the fillabustering...it needs to end! Old politics of egos and righteousness. That is why we don't have universal health care that most Americans want. That is why environmental issues haven't been a priority, that is why we have not had a woman or a black president before...that is why we are the strongest country in the world with poor and hungry children all over the country. We can't fix it all with government, but we can start by getting people in there that think like we (the people) do.

The change is to lead by the will of people not the will of politicians and their egos.

Lead from the bottom up, no the top down. I think people need to check their ego's at the door...and leave the "us" against "them" mind set behind... what happened to one nation? What happened to all are created equal...what happend to standing for right and not just being right? I thought it was gone after the last elections, but Obama's message has renewed my belief in the U.S. and our ability to take it to the world. All things ARE possibilities. Nothing is possible if we won't be open to the idea. THIS is the change.

The change is to live as the home of the brave! Not the home of the fearful.

I don't want to live in fear. Yes, alert, but not afraid. Hope removes so much fear and introduces bravery. For this, we need to change our ideas about foreign states and foreign ways if we want others to change. Lives are at stake and we must be vigilant and open to leading in world peace. We don't want to become that which we are accused of being: oppressive, interfering and dominant in a world that doesn't understand freedom, and individual rights, and unity by will. We need to show the world what freedom is and not force it to suit ourselves only.

The change is to see policy through the needs of the people not as a party's way to be right.

McCain is an honorable man, but he is "old school" politics. It's more of the same. More of the same....more of the same. I guess it can be difficult to go beyond policy. All the candidates have them, but none of them can do it alone...

The change is not just policy, it is us the people of America...we need a personal connection to our leadership that has been lost. Obama has reacquainted us to these ideals. I'm proud of him, I'm proud of our nations ideals and I'm proud of my part that I play in it all.