Wednesday, November 5, 2008

OBAMA ELECTED PRESIDENT AS RACIAL BARRIER FALLS

by: Adam Nagourney, The New York Times

The Obamas.
The new first family. (Photo: Getty Images)

Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, sweeping away the last racial barrier in American politics with ease as the country chose him as its first black chief executive. The election of Mr. Obama amounted to a national catharsis - a repudiation of a historically unpopular Republican president and his economic and foreign policies, and an embrace of Mr. Obama's call for a change in the direction and the tone of the country. READ FULL STORY HERE»

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