MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political analyst Dmitry...

Obama did not apologize for anything, nor did he admit any failures of his first year in the White House. He made it clear that his election slogan about "change we can believe in" remains on the agenda. America will change.

Americans have unanimously responded to Obama"s 71 minute-long address. They agree that the first year was not very successful for the president; it is good his resolve has not broken down and he is still committed to his promise of change.

What caused the setbacks? In general, Obama is facing the same problems as his predecessors in similar conditions, for instance Franklin D. Roosevelt, who came to the ruins of the Great Depression and whose performance also looked disheartening at first. Obama"s rating has been affected accordingly. However, America"s current problems are very specific and they have nothing to do with Obama.

In October 2008, 58% of Americans "strongly disapproved" of George W. Bush"s policy. Others disapproved less strongly;

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