President Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States

Back on January 20 our staff at the Salt Lake Chamber gathered in our executive board room to watch and listen to the inaugural speech of our new President, Barack Obama. As a conservative who was not supportive of Obama nor terribly impressed with his policy pronouncements, I was nonetheless impressed with his speech and gratified to see him refer to the many time honored characteristics of our nation, things such as patriotism, hard work, and self-reliance. Since then, nearly every night, Trish and I have prayed for him to be successful - not necessarily in a public policy way, but in a way that will enable him to receive the guidance he needs to lead this nation down the correct path. Our prayers are and will continue to be with him as he strives to lead us through very rough economic waters.