Do whatever to get economy back in shape.

It should be interesting to see the US take on soft power, after coming on so strong over time. Will it give the world especially terrorist the perception that the US is getting "soft" and weak?
Yes, it would be interesting to see how the new administration overcome and suceed. They would need to find a balance to make it work.

What will Obama do about the Somali pirates, a situation he is inheriting? Even a "soft face" on foreign policy needs to have a hard resolve behind it to be effective. I suggest that this new Democratic president consider the example of the first Democrat, Thomas Jefferson. See "What Would Jefferson Do?"

The question is that are we fighting with the terrorism in the right way?
I don;t think so, as long as we do this fight in this way, there are always some more terrorists rising from somewhere in the world.
We should kill the reasons of being a terrorist, not just killing terrorists themselves. we should fight with whatever reasons that make people become a terrorist, from poverty and racism, to societies that they are raised in, and became a terrorist under it's direct or undirect influences. Look at the countries where terrorists are coming from, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan... in all of these countries, apart from the poverty, people have grown up under heavy restrictions, which leaded to creation of heavy obsessions inside some of these people, so as long as people are being grown up under these situations, there is always a huge chance for them to become terrorists. International organizations should try to kill these reasons, and it takes a long time.
Of course that when there's no reason for becoming a terrorist, there is no more terrorist attacks in the world.
we hope for that day to come soon...

Amir
Tehran, Iran

Soft Power? I'm sure Al Qaeda and Hammas will truly welcome Hillary as Secretary of State. Possibly get a sitdown meeting going. All I ask is that she tells the terrorists to fight on old world soil and not ours...thank you very much.

"Soft power" is almost always the way to go as the first tactic, but "soft power" is useless without "tough power" to back it up.

Terrorists killed innocent people in Lhasa, Mumbai and New York. None of those terrorists should have been given a peace prize.

The softer face my ass! Like ,for instance,Bill Clinton, wether he stays out of his wife's business, what does it matter ? Is he some kind of criminal?I don't think so ,He did more good to the country than any other president ,including Kennedy. .Ask yourself in this case , -Obama-, are we worth a man like that, before we go any further,and have to be ashamed again , after.Actually we can't used another failure before the very eyes of the world. I'm afraid not many people realize this, if they even might care at all !

Just to see some statesmanlike leadership again will be a breath of fesh air after Bush. About the only thing he has achieved is to put Crawford Texas on the map.

I've been around since Kennedy and certainly Bush has to have been the worst in the last 50 years and I guess would top the all time list.

Gen. James Jones is the best choice Barrack Obama has made I think