Published 11/5/2008
by Samantha Harris
at CNN Political Ticker
The 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama and his family last night at Grant Park in Chicago.
There was perhaps no more profound way to slam the door on eight years of the Bush administration than to elect the first African-American to replace him. The symbolism is powerful; the history is breathtaking. We changed [...]
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