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 This publication fully supports and congratulates The 44th president Barack Obama on a Victory on November 4th 2008
Barack Obama cruised to victory
Tuesday night in an historic triumph
that promised change, overcame centuries
of prejudice and fulfilled Martin
Luther Kings dream that a man be
judged not by the color of his skin,
but by the content of his character
Obama was projected to surpass
the 270 electoral votes needed to
secure the presidency when polls
closed on the West coast at 11pm
EST.
Obama, a first term senator will
little experience on the national
level, made history by defeating
Sen. John McCain, one of the country's
most experienced politicians and
a bona fide war hero.
Obama's history making victory
was fueled by his soaring rhetoric,
his themes of change and hope in
uncertain economic times, as well
as deep dissatisfaction with the
last eight years of the Bush administration.
Obama's campaign was historic
for reasons beyond his skin color.
He raised more money than any other
candidate in U.S. history, and had
to first defeat Sen. Hillary Clinton,
who was the party's favorite to
win the Democratic nomination.
Voters from a broad swath of
Americas diverse ethnic enclaves
and economic communities celebrated
Obama's win Tuesday night, particularly
those in the African-American community.
Thousands flocked to Chicago's
Grant Park to await the election
results. In Harlem, New York the
black community took to the streets
to celebrate.
"You can be anything but joyful.
Obama is going to change the world,"
said Jeff Mann, 51, a construction
worker in Harlem.
Crucial to Obama's victory was
winning all of the states that Democrat
John Kerry won four years ago and
flipping of Ohio, New Mexico and
Iowa, states that all voted Republican
in 2004.
"Unless something staggering
happens, its hard to see how [McCain]
gets to 270," said George Stephanopoulos,
ABC News chief Washington correspondent,
when it became clear that Obama
would win Ohio, significantly decreasing
Sen. John McCain's chances of securing
the 270 electoral votes needed to
win.
Obama, 47, the son of a black
man from Kenya and white woman from
Kansas, served just two years in
U.S. Senate before declaring his
candidacy and ultimately taking
on one of the most experienced politicians
in America.
A moderate conservative who tried
to stress his credentials as a maverick
and distance himself from an unpopular
president, McCain, 72, was unable
to motivate his base and overcome
his associations with Republican
incumbent President Bush.
By almost every quantifiable
measure -- from the $640 million
Obama raised in the month of October,
to the nearly $1 billion combined
the campaigns have spent, to 9 million
newly registered voters --
records have been shattered.
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