HAPPY AMERICA TO ALL - BARACK OBAMA WINS UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY
4 November 2008
Supporters cheer as they watch the television
networks project results that Barack Obama
has been elected president of the United States
at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008
HAPPY AMERICA CAN HIP IT
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, his wife Michelle
and daughter Sasha, 7, wave as they take the stage at
his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago,
Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008
Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States after sweeping the key battleground states of Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The stunning results left rival John McCain no path to victory.
Obama, 47, will be inaugurated the 44th US president on January 20, 2009.
He will inherit an economy mired in the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a nuclear showdown with Iran.
The 80,000 crowd at chicago’s Grant Park erupted in a roar and cheers, some crying some hugging, when the Obama victory was sealed.
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson was also in the crowd, tears streaming down his face as he took in the moment.
Senator McCain called Senator Obama shortly after to concede defeat.
In an address to supporters in Arizona, he said: “The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.
” A little while ago, I had the honour of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.”
Senator McCain called on Republicans to offer support to the new president.
He thanked his running mate, Sarah Palin, and called her an “impressive new voice” in the Republican party.
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