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Obama the 44th President

On November 4th 2008, an African American became president of the U.S.A. I was screaming when I found out. Barack Hussein Obama proved millions wrong when they said a black man wouldn't be elected president. I believe that Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will help our economy and that we will experience great changes in the next four years. Congratulations Barack Obama and Joe Biden!

Posted by Leslie D at 07:11 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Reaction

When asked for their reaction to the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, anybody could say that they felt it was historic, that it broke barriers, that it was a long time coming, and that it was the greatest or most important election in our history. Fine. But what struck me the most about President-elect Barack Obama was that he is the only person not extolling the virtues of "the first black president." He is historic not only because he is African-American, but because he does not take his 'race' into account when describing himself. He is a man and an American, and as soon as everybody follows his example then racism will truly end. Kudos to Barack Obama.

On a side note, John McCain's speech after the election was truly honorable. He lost with grace, and he deserves the respect of every American for the things he said (and the fact that he did not let Sarah Palin speak.)

Posted by Christian C. at 06:45 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Obama Takes the Win

My feelings about this election are pretty simple, I'm extremely excited that Obama won! Not just at the fact that he's an African American man, but at the fact that a change is going to come, and I believe that he is our change. As I was siting in my living room watching the channel 7 news with my dad, the anticipation was very high. In my heart I new he won, but I couldn't prove myself true until I saw the electoral votes. Finally the numbers were in, and to my knowledge Obama had received over 355 electoral votes to McCain's 145. I wasn't shocked as much as excited, because as much as I want change, it had already started once they announced the new president was Barack Obama.

Posted by Kiah W. at 10:31 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

Barack Obama & John McCain

Both candidates gave good speeches but I'm more than satisfied that Barack Obama is president of the United States. Its about time we've had a change. I'm not at least a little surprised that Obama won. Being the daughter of a Republican father and who was and still somewhat heavily involved with politics in the Oak Park and Chicago area, I knew that Obama was going to win. [I'm not saying I'm Republican]. Obama has a very powerful presence that just makes everyone want to listen and support. His personality is just like the neighbor down the street; optimistic, caring, thoughtful, a great listener and a great speaker. His ideas are smart and thoroughly thought through. I'm looking forward to these next four years and possibly next 8 years if Obama gets re-elected. Its a smart choice that we Americans and the electoral college chose. We're now going to live in America where we're not ashamed of who are president is; now we are proud.

Posted by Ashley W. at 07:25 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

Obama 2008!

Barack Obama wins with over 300 electoral votes against McCain, who didn't even break 200 votes. Even though I was not able to vote, it's good to know that I got to witness this history making election. It was so emotional last night that people did not only have tears rolling down their cheeks, but were actually down on the ground sobbing. It's so amazing how people want something so much and when it does happen, they are just so overcome with emotion that they break down on the spot. The shock of suddenly having a new president that will actually change things in this country is so overwhelming and amazing.

Posted by Amelia K. at 09:56 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

President Elect

It is apparent that our next president is going to be of African American decent. At around 10:20pm on November 4th Barack Obama was declared the next president of America in a landslide victory of 349 electoral votes to McCain's 163. As you might expect the people of Chicago were over joyed to welcome one of there own to the white house. My only regret is that is he could not have been called to office under better circumstances. With this war going on and the current state of our economy he has a very hard term to look forward to but if anyone can do it Obama can.

Posted by Xavier M. at 02:51 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)

GOING GOING.......

right now in the race Obama is up 207 electoral votes and McCain has 135. Though it is not yet over people are starting to say Obama won. As we saw in class today it is not over until the fattest state sings. the whole west coast is said to go to Obama, but it might just happen that McCain pulls a couple of votes out of his sleeves. McCain has run a strong campaign, yet so has Obama. We will not know what is going to happen for the next four years but I hope Obama will be able to tell us soon, because McCain is GOING...GOING.................................GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Justin C. at 09:39 PM in Campaign 2008 | Permalink | Comments (0)