Barack Obama Becomes the First African-American President
The verdict is out. America is ready for her first ever African-American President – Barack Obama. Obama won the American presidential elections on Tuesday night as he clinched a whopping 52% of the electoral votes. The results were declared at 11pm Eastern Time(ET) and America rejoiced the beginning of a new era.
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McCain Makes His Last Stand in a Town Called Defiance
Defiance, a picture postcard town in north-west Ohio, takes its name from a fort built here in 1794 by a General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. The general was so proud of his deep moat and the fort’s 2.5-meter-thick walls that he declared, according to local lore: “I defy the English, the Indians and all the devils […]
McCain Team Claims Obama’s Lead is Narrowing
Barack Obama and John McCain are embarking on a frenzied, multi-state blitz over the final days of the election campaign as the Republican candidate claimed the polls are tightening in his favor.
His campaign manager, Rick Davis, told reporters during a conference call yesterday: “We’re still fighting; we’re still behind; we still think we’ve got plenty […]
Bold and Confident v Shy and Retiring: Michelle and Cindy Square Up
One is the 44-year-old descendant of slaves who gives passionate speeches on the campaign trail and is a fan of Stevie Wonder. The other is a multimillionaire businesswoman, 10 years older, who keeps in the background and prefers the Rolling Stones.
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McCain Forced Into Supporting Role on Tour As Republican Crowds Flock to Palin
For a few minutes yesterday, amid the thousands of cheering supporters, John McCain could at last feel like a political star. If he could only ignore the chanting: “Sarah, Sarah”.
That is the sting of reflected glory, but if McCain is suffering a damaged ego at being overshadowed by his vice-presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, he […]
Lipstick on a Pig
Over forty million Americans are without health insurance. Gas prices are squeezing working class Americans already struggling to make it in a receding economy. A war in Iraq is being waged when there is nothing there to win, while bin Laden and those responsible for terrorist attacks like 9/11 and others around the world are […]
McCain Moves to Steal Obama’s Thunder By Choosing Woman Running Mate
The choice of an inexperienced Alaska governor obviously designed to woo disgruntled supporters of Hillary Clinton..
John McCain took the biggest gamble of his campaign so far when he yesterday chose as his running mate Sarah Palin, the relatively unknown and inexperienced governor of Alaska, in the hope of reaching out to women voters.
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3 DAYS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: Ode to Bill and Hillary
With respect to good old Joe and Michelle Obama, the first three days of the Democratic National Convention were all about Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden comes from the right place. The son of working people from Scranton, Pennsylvania cares for the right reasons. (I admit, when he goes off on foreign […]
Republicans Admit Obama is Winning the Online Battle
Barack Obama’s campaign’s superiority in its use of the internet as a political tool in the US presidential race was underlined in by a new media conference in New York yesterday, where senior Republican advisers admitted their party had become complacent in the past four years and lost the initiative.
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Obama names a Kennedy to help pick vice president
Barack Obama turned to the hunt for a running mate Wednesday, with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supporters urging him to put her on the ticket now that she’s decided to back his inevitable nomination.
Obama indicated he would at least consider his long-running rival for the No. 2 slot. “Senator Clinton would be on anybody’s short list, […]
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