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Obama’s Ascend to Leadership
November 5th, 2008 | 
Author: Congratulations to Barack Obama, as he captured the presidency of the United States. He is now America’s 44th president!
Young and optimistic, and with an excellent oratory skill, Obama blasted through racial barriers into becoming the first African-American to sit in the Oval Office and won 349 to 147 in the Electoral College. Electoral votes only needed 270 votes to win, but the result was landslide because of his party’s historic campaign.
To the amazement of everyone, Obama won Florida and Ohio, which is critical on the President Bush’s twin victories. Obama also won Colorado, which is the base of religious rights and Virginia, which for 40 years haven’t won any Democrat president.
McCain conceded defeat shortly after 11 p.m. EST, telling supporters outside the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, “The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.”
Obama won California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
McCain won Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Actually, the 2008 election has a record turnout rate of 64.1 percent, which is really high.
President-elect Barack Obama will definitely need all the support and help that he can get because of the several burdens he has to carry now that he’s the new driver of this nation: A very big government debt, two failed foreign wars, rising health care cost, an aging society and failed energy policies.
The real question now is, can he do all that he promised on his campaign?
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