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Unlike any other leader in modern American history, we are led today by a president that has decided to pit Americans against each other.

I try to avoid political ties.

Presidents have an impact on the nature of our nation.

America is stronger because of President Obama's leadership, and I'm better because of his friendship.

Interpreting anyone's marriage - a neighbor's, let alone the president's - is extremely difficult.

I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to.

The American people want to have trust in their leaders.

Every president to hold office has espoused some version of Americanism - the truths that we hold self-evident, even when those truths are not always in evidence. But for all their grand rhetoric and mostly good deeds, none was able to seal the deal on the trifecta of equality, plurality and socioeconomic ascendancy. Obama has.

True, most Americans give lip service to the proposition that even the most exalted among us have their flaws, but we are eager to believe that presidents manage to rise above the limitations that beset the rest of us.

If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations.