VCE English Issues Help! Do you consider Barack Obama an Issue?

Our school is doing AoS3 first for VCE Unit 3 English first and we have to present a persuasive speech in 2 and a half weeks! I want to do something regarding Barack Obama (election/appointment/future changes/his policies/impact around the world) but I want to be 100% sure that it could be counted as an ISSUE. Apparently there has to be 2 completely different sides to my issue but I just presumed that you've got people who want Obama and people who don't. Do you consider that clear enough as two conflicting sides? So I guess what I'm trying to say is, do you think the topic of Barack Obama (see stuff above in brackets) is an issue? TIA!!!!! x

Public Comments

1. Barack Obama himself isn't an issue; he's a human. You should choose a topic that interests you (say, for example, abortion) and then talk about his views on it. If you're pro-choice, as is Obama, then try to persaude people to agree with him. You could of course choose a different topic, but either way you need to narrow it down. You can't write a persauvsive paper on a person, you have to base it off an idea or opinion.