UMengameli uBarack Obama ungena ekhaya emkhankasweni wakhe wokhetho kabusha phakathi komnotho osadonsa kanzima, kanti ucwaningo lukazwelonke lukhombisa ukuthi uxhumene nombangi weRiphabhulikhi uMitt Romney.
Kodwa uMnu Obama unento eyodwa enkulu emhambelayo: abavoti babonakala bemthanda kakhulu mathupha, futhi abaningi bahlala bethembekile kuye njengoba bemnika amamaki aphansi ngokuphatha kwakhe umnotho.
Uma ithimba lakhe elikhankasa lingakwazi ukukholisa abalandeli bakhe bango-2008 ukuthi babuyele okhethweni ngoNovemba, ngesikhathi futhi enxenxa abavoti abangakanqumi ukuthi uMnu Romney akanazo izintshisekelo zabo ezinhliziyweni zabo, uzowina ihlandla lesibili.
UMnu u-Obama, umongameli wokuqala omnyama waseMelika, waba nezinxushunxushu ihlandla lokuqala ebusa.
Yena namanye amaDemocrats akanye nabo bathole impumelelo eminingana eyingqophamlando. Kepha umnotho wase-US udonsa kanzima selokhu uMnu Obama athatha izintambo phakathi kokuwohloka komnotho okubi kakhulu emashumini eminyaka: ukukhula kwemisebenzi kunciphile futhi izinga labangasebenzi e-US lisengaphezu kuka-8%.
Ukwengeza kulokho, iDemocratic Party yalahlekelwa umlando okhethweni lwamaphakathi nethemu ngoNovemba 2010, namaRiphabhulikhi aqhamuka enomdlandla futhi ezimisele kakhulu kunangaphambili ukukhuthaza i-ajenda yawo yokonga futhi aphazamisa izinhlelo zikamongameli.
UMitt Romney kanye namaRiphabhlikhi manje sebebheja ukuthi uMnu Obama ngeke akwazi ukukhuthaza umdlandla ofanayo owamyisa eWhite House nokuthi abavoti abazimele bazoyifulathela izinqubomgomo zakhe phakathi komnotho osantenga.
I-oratory, charm, ingemuva
UBarack Hussein Obama waqopha umlando mhla zizi-4 kuLwezi wezi-2008, ngesikhathi ehlula kalula imbangi yeRiphabhulikhi uJohn McCain ukuze abe ngumongameli wokuqala omnyama wase-United States.
Eneminyaka engu-47 ubudala ngesikhathi egcotshwa, uMnu Obama ubuye waba ngumengameli wokuqala wasedolobheni kusukela uHarry Truman kanye nomongameli wokuqala owazalwa eHawaii.
