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Barack Obama, the United States of America’s 44^th president will take oath of office at noon ET on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.

2 million people are expected to gather in the Capitol Hill, Lincoln Memorial and the White House for this momentous event.

Former U.S. presidents, politicians and celebrities will also grace the inauguration day.

The weather was chilly and said to be negative 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The train stations are fully packed with people wanting to get a glimpse of the oath taking of the president-elect.

Almost all of the streets leading to the capitol are closed due to security reasons. As early as 2 days ago, crowd are beginning to buildup in the vicinity of the National Mall.

Everybody is excited for this significant event and many are saying that this was unparalleled.

There are so many things to be said in this unprecedented occasion, and the only words that I can add is that everything is possible!

Congratulations to Barack Obama, as he captured the presidency of the United States. He is now America’s 44^th 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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Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain make their final address to voters as election draws near. With one more day until election, these candidates are racing against time to campaign around the country on several more states that are considered as battleground states.

According to several news sources, Obama is leading significantly in the survey, 51 to 43 percent but who knows, no one can never tell in the final stretch.

The chances might be slim for the republican candidate because Obama is leading among African-American, Latinos, blue-collar workers, 18 to 34 year olds, independents, Catholics and suburban voters.

However, McCain is leading among white men and women, 65 year olds and older and evangelicals.

U.S. election is very hot these days, but as you well know, this also has great impact on other countries, more over because of the U.S. financial meltdown.

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The heat is on!

The U.S. presidential election is nearing. The time is ticking. Its time to hit the polls in November 4, 2008 for the American voting population.

According to the latest New York Times/CBS poll, Democratic Party Barack Obama led 13-points over Republican’s John McCain among voters by 53% - 39%.

This will be the first time in U.S. history that two senators are running against each other, Barack Obama for Illinois John McCain for Arizona and also it is the first time that an African-American is running for the presidency for a major party. Another first time is a woman running for the vice-presidential bid from the Republican party; which is Governor from Alaska Sarah Palin.

Actually, I didn’t follow the campaign news much and I am not that knowledgeable about this matter. I just tried to read what I could when interesting things pop out in the news about the campaign.

I always wanted to write something about the U.S. presidential elections but nothing relevant came to my mind because of so much information regarding the campaign and debates and everything that is going on.

All I can tell you is this race will be tight. It will be fierce. So watch out for some updates.

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