Obama's historic victory

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It was a day that will be talked about for generations to come. This week, America elected its first African American president - Illinois Senator Barack Hussein Obama. He sought election as one of the youngest presidents and defeated Republican Senator John McCain to become the 44th president of the United States. The 47-year-old was not well known four years ago, but grabbed the attention of the political world when he delivered the 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address. Obama and his running mate, Senator Joe Biden, will move into the Oval Office January 20th.

Obama's election not only made history, but it also redrew America's electoral divide. As polls closed on Tuesday from east to west, the president elect snatched states that President Bush had won in 2004 states like Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. He also turned the state of Indiana from red to blue something that hadn't been done since 1964. Battleground states like Ohio and Florida also went for the Illinois Senator. Overall, Obama grabbed about 63 million votes compared to McCain's 55 million.

Obama's 22-month campaign ended in Grant Park in Chicago where he delivered his acceptance speech. But instead of rousing the crowd the way he has on the campaign trail, he came to the stage with a new seriousness. He talked about the monumental task at hand, leading a country that is almost certainly in a recession and fighting long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His former opponent, Senator McCain conceded the presidential race to Obama in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. In his speech, he acknowledged the historical nature of the election results and congratulated Obama on his hard-fought victory.

Since Obama has secured a victory, he's now working to craft a transition team. Obama's reportedly looking to both sides of the aisle to fill his positions. Democratic Illinois congressman Rahm Emanuel is considered to be the front-runner for the White House chief of staff. But the President Elect is also thinking about bringing Republican Senators Chuck Hagel and Dick Lugar on board. That's according to sources close to Obama. The Illinois Senator is also reportedly considering Robert Gates, Bush's Defense Secretary, to his national security team.

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[eidius1989]

@40476 first your grammar is fucking terrible and NO WHERE did i see anything about USA and china or modern Israel in the bible....how about you stfu go home and read a book or something because that's just beyond retarded.

[OBAMAisHalfCaste]

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

[cristianrocks1234567]

he went to east high school thats the school i go to

[40476]

In the bible it states this was going to happen but there's more, Read your bibles Israel and China will Owned America some day

[Jbrooks58]

w8 is this a joke???

[ecwaufisxtreme]

Obambi is destined to be a 1 term EPIC FAIL and will get PWNED by Sarah Palin in 2012. Palin will become a 2 term EPIC SUCCESS and America's GREATEST POTUS of ALL TIMES for she is GOD's CHOSEN ONE, GOD INCARNATE and the LIVING EMBODIMENT OF GOD HERSELF! She will PUT ALL MALE POTUS to SHAME for they are ALL her DICKLESS and BALLESS BITCHES and PUSSIES! After Palin, ONLY WHITE CONSERVATIVE WOMEN will be POTUS and VPOTUS for men will NEVER lead this country again!

[RyanShortFilms]

AWESOME! =]

[torcolito]

History is all the things that happens in the time.

[torcolito]

Because it happened.

[KawaiiAikoChan]

and he got many republican states That have voted Republican for decades.