Should we be "following" Obama or anyone in this way?

In viewing all the mass crowds that have been following Obama and seeing all the emotion, tears and hope. A question popped up in my mind.

The US is in a tough time right now, should we be looking to someone to "lead" us or should we look to ourselves to work harder, take responsibility for our actions and life and move forward.

Take a look at the web sites attached, I found both when I did a google search under propaganda.

http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/

http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ww2era.htm (look at the visual material)