CNN's Cafferty Talks About Obama Democratic Nominee

Barack Obama clinched victory Tuesday night in the Democratic presidential race, defeating Hillary Clinton after a marathon primary campaign and becoming the first black nominee for the White House in American history.

Mr. Obama, a 46-year-old rookie senator from Illinois, effectively wrapped up the nomination following a surge of endorsements from Democratic superdelegates and after receiving a clutch of 'pledged delegates' awarded after two final primaries in South Dakota and Montana.

"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States," Mr. Obama told supporters in St. Paul, Minn.

"America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past."

But even as Mr. Obama proclaimed victory, Ms. Clinton did not concede defeat or acknowledge her rival had surpassed the 2,118 delegates needed to secure the nomination.

Instead she delivered a sometimes defiant, sometimes conciliatory speech that left Democrats guessing at her future plans.

"The question is, where do we go from here?" Ms. Clinton told supporters in New York.

"It's a question I don't take lightly. This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight."

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[pearls4ann]

Jack for VP...I love him

[allnotathome]

Everybody in that room just got PWNED by Gafferty.

[damienmetalwind]

@phantomlord54 Then watch Fox news a-hole.

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

Obama the first half-caste biracial mixed-race president not black

[phantomlord54]

This is precisely why I can hardly stand to watch CNN anymore...not because of opposition to any particular viewpoints, but because of douchebags like Blitzer who have turned this once-proud NEWS!! network into another Mtv - just as Mtv strayed and brought you anything BUT music!!, so now has CNN - under General Blitzer - morphed into a seemingly 24/7 politics roundtable. This video is a microcosm of such.

[luney3232]

he aint afro american his mom is white his dad is a immigrant from kenya. its not like hes from COMPTON OR WATTS. IN REALITY HES A MUTT.

[killacamtay]

i didnt know jack before this election but i wish now he had his own show.

[gtfranchise1]

wait a minute.. you're saying that these are enough to be president. community action leader? umm.. what the hell do they do? the mere equivalent of nothing! and you mention quite a bit he's black. so what? obama is a human being so who cares if he was the first elected black whatever. by the way illinois has changed from back then and the civil war was more about keeping the US together than about ending slavery. read ur history. im not saying obama is bad but give me better reasons to vote

[mike50333]

That's the problem with this country. Nobody appriciates anyone until they're dead, or until the event's decades in teh past. We are LIVING history even now, and yet people will believe that it's all a sham until the man's dead (some even afterward). It's a disheartening habit that our nation has.

[Fourat11]

I've always said that Jack Cafferty has more plain, common sense and straight-forward expression of himself than ANYONE on CNN. Someone in an earlier post said that he should have his own show on CNN...I agree!

[jkesquered]

u see!! thank God some people still have sense and consience in this country.

mr wolfey, shame on you. BTW, the next time you mention putting Hillary on the VP ticket, i'll burst through my tv screen and wring your neck...