Obama facing many urgent demands for help

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is facing more urgent demands for help from more constituencies than any other politician in recent history, observers say.

After eight years of Bush administration policies, there is a tremendous pent-up demand from advocates who want a more activist government and are aching to see their causes addressed, experts told Wednesday's USA Today.

"He's under extraordinary pressure to be all things to all people, and he's going to find that very difficult to manage during his first 100 days," New York University political science professor Paul Light told the newspaper. "There are a lot of people coming to him with checklists of issues they care about, but Congress is not capable of handling a mass rush of legislation."

"You have a very popular president elected with a mandate for change, and an unprecedented organized movement of people back home working to make that change happen," added MoveOn.org Executive Director Eli Pariser. "I don't think we've ever seen that before."

Obama aides say they have not yet discussed the timing of which areas -- from global warming to healthcare reform to the Iraq War -- will addressed when, USA Today reported.