America's 44th President: Senator Barack Obama

My readers, I can not tell you how proud I am at this moment to be an American citizen. For four years I have watched Barack Obama's campaign, and for four years I have hoped, just how sixty million other Americans have hoped, and last night our hopes and dreams finally became a reality. Yesterday, the people of the United States of America voted, and last night, Senator Barack Obama became the Presidential Elect. The race was not a close one, as Barack Obama gained 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 174. He also won the popular vote by an outstanding 10 million votes.

Accompanied by a proud Michelle Obama and his two clearly exited children, Senator Obama gave his victory speech before a jubilant Chicagoan crowd that surely numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Yet in contrast of the night's emotional whirlwind, our future President remained calm and composed as he thanked his supporters for their efforts, and promised to win the support of those who did not vote for him. The full video of his speech can be found here.



Yet before Obama's speech, Senator John McCain gave his speech of concession before his distraught supporters in Phoenix, Arizona. Readers, I must say that this it was the finest speech I had ever heard from John McCain. Aware of the bitterness and hate that had been ignited in the McCain-Palin crowds throughout the course of his capaign, McCain seemed a better man tonight. He seemed like the man that he used to be before the corruption in his campaign began. John McCain's campaign was not sportsman-like, but he put in a good word for his next president, Barack Obama. The concession speech of Senator John McCain can be seen here.

Readers, we have come to a new beginning in our lives. For as long as I live, I shall remember the moment when our nation chose hope, change, and unity. We have given a message to rest of the world that America is capable of real change, and I greatly look forward to seeing what this intelligent, articulate young family man will do in the next four, or even eight, years.