Reviews for Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise

The average rating for Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-01-06 00:00:00 Geoff Banks I'm glad to see that someone in Obama's team has thought through so many issues in such a comprehensive manner. There is value from a PR standpoint in this book. Not a beach read though. And its depressing because he addresses so many issues that are confronting our country and the whole country seems like its at such a dead end. I like the idea of this book because his writing of the book will hold him accountable more than other presidents. To rebut his actions, you can point to page [_] where he said he would do [_] and [_]. Why haven't you done [_] like you said? Frankly, I appreciate the transparency. This, among other things, makes me think that Obama's intentions are sincere. The book really sets him up for failure if he can't deliver. It will be interesting to see if he can do some of the things he says he will in his book. Finally, he can point to his book for his cabinet and have them use it as a baseline for their actions. In essence, he isn't communicating just to the voters, but to his entire appointed staff.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-12 00:00:00 Scott Heath I actually didn't know what this book was when I started reading it. I thought it was written by Obama, but in fact it appears to have been written by his campaign staff with a foreword from Obama. And that's fine, but I wish I had read this book before the campaign because reading it after the election is a little silly. I already voted for the man so it's really not necessary for anyone to try and sell me on him. That's what this book does, essentially. It lays out everything Obama hopes to do in his presidency, which is great because now we have a written account of what he hopes to accomplish and we can check back every so often to see if he is living up to the expectations he set for himself. Whoever had the idea to put this book into publication was probably a genius because this is the sort of thing that the American people need to see: bullet points instead of talk, talk, talk with nothing to say, straightforward goals, etc.