Scorecard of Change

President-Elect Barack Obama ran his entire campaign on a platform of change, and now that the people have voted him into office, they are certainly going to expect him to deliver. So the question is - what change can we expect from the beginning? Obviously, a lot of Obama's plan is contingent on long-term growth, but he has a number of goals for Day One in office. Here is a scorecard of what to expect Obama to tackle when he takes office on January 20th.

THE ECONOMY

Images like this one, cleverly put together by cnbc.com, basically express where our economy is at: Down. Make no mistake about it, President-Elect Obama has made the economy his top priority. It appears as though the original $700 billion bailout has not been working very well, and there are talks about expanding it. The Big 3 automobile companies came to Washington to beg and plead for a bailout of their own. So what is Obama going to do about it? He's going to "do what's necessary." That coming from his senior advisor, David Axelrod. His plan involves creating 2.5 million jobs by the year 2011, but only time will tell if that's possible.

IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN

Foreign affairs may have played second fiddle to the economy during the latter stages of the campaign, but make no mistake about it: Obama plans to make significant changes to Afghanistan and Iraq. He wants to withdraw American troops from Iraq and enhance our forces in Afghanistan. He wants to revamp our military strategy in both nations, bringing both campaigns to their logical conclusions - being out of Iraq, and victory over Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Obama is already putting emphasis on the country's policy in Afghanistan, promising President Hamid Karzai that he will make security there a top priority.

GUANTANAMO BAY

Simply put, Obama wants to shut the thing down. Guantanamo Bay has been nothing but a headache for America, ever since it came to light as a detention facility for expected terrorists. It is expected that Obama will issue an executive order to shut the facility down. He told CBS 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft, "I've said repeatedly that America doesn't torture, and I'm gonna make sure we don't torture."

EDUCATION
Obama wants to improve the American education system, and it appears that he has already made his mark. The Hempstead Free Union School District in Long Island, New York, voted unanimously to rename Ludlum Elementary School as Barack Obama Elementary School.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL?
The President-Elect believes it is time for change in another important aspect of society: football. This is what he had to say on CBS' 60 Minutes with Steve Kroft: