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Jamaica Gleaner News "There will be no honeymoon for Barack Obama when he becomes president of the United States. But for the traditional inaugural ball, his first days in office will be anything but a song and dance. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson all became president in trying times. The Obama ascension is only different because he is a man of colour. The US was the epicentre of the world financial crisis that began in August when its presidential campaign was in full flight. Getting the economy back on track will undoubtedly be Obama's biggest assignment."