
President-elect Barack Obama, relatively young and inexperienced, is facing a rapidly growing list of monumental challenges as he prepares to take the reins of a nation in turmoil.
“I do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead,” Obama said after his historic election a little more than a month ago.
It was a sobering assessment at the time, but the country’s problems have only worsened since then. Now, Obama sounds…


