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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) As 13 electors cast ballots Monday for the nation's first black president in the Confederacy's old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew a waiter, who couldn't get a better job because of his race. "He waited tables for 30 years, six days a ...
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AP - As 13 electors cast ballots Monday
for the nation's first black president in the Confederacy's...
old Capitol, Henry Marsh emotionally recalled the smartest man he ever knew a waiter, who couldn't get a better job because of his race.
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It's official: Barack Obama elected 44th president
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It's official: Barack Obama elected 44th president
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Sen. John McCain. Obama won 365 electoral votes, to 173 for McCain. With every state reporting, all the electors had cast ballots in accordance with the popular votes in their states. In many states, the formal, staid proceeding was touched with poignance, particularly among people old enough to recall a time when voting alone posed the risk of violence for black Americans. The contrast at Virginia's Capitol, where the Confederate Congress met, was particularly striking. Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/nat...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/16/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... It’s Official: Barack Obama Elected 44th President More than 131 million voters cast ballots — the most ever in a presidential election. But Obama’s election is not complete until Congress tallies the outcome of Monday’s Electoral College vote at a joint session scheduled for Jan. 6. Monday’s voting was largely ceremonial, the results preordained by Obama’s Nov. 4 victory over Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama won 365 electoral votes, to 173 for McCain. With every state reporting, all the electors had ...
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From NBC's Carrie Dann and Libby Leist U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill said today that he has NOT been asked to stay on in an Obama administration. "I haven’t talked to anybody about my future," he said in response to a reporter's ...
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