Obama becomes 44th US President, makes history

Change comes to America

Obama becomes 44th US President - a HISTORIC CHOICE

With nearly 52% of votes and crossing the 270 to win Barack Obama gathered around 349 to become the first African origin President of the United States of America. Erasing the racial barriers, Americans send Barack Obama to the White House... Obama is the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, and was the first African-American to be nominated for President by a major U.S. political party.

NYT: Near-flawless run from start to finish
Obama's journey to the presidency was marked by organization, discipline

New York Times: The story of Barack Obama’s journey to the pinnacle of American politics is the story of a campaign that was, even in the view of many rivals, almost flawless.

Source: MSNBC






On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois. The choice of the announcement site was symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858. Throughout the campaign, Obama has emphasized the issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence, and providing universal health care, at one point identifying these as his top three priorities.

On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain to become the 44th President of the United States and the first African American President in U.S. history.

In his victory speech, delivered before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of his supporters in Chicago, Obama proclaimed that "change has come to America." Echoing the rhetoric of Martin Luther King ("I've Been to the Mountaintop" address), he declared, "The road ahead will be long, our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even in one term, but America I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."

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