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By Ben Pershing Washington Post Staff Writer Democrat Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States Tuesday, capping a meteoric rise for the freshman Illinois Senator whose message of change resonated with a broad cross section of anxious voters eager for a ...
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Obama Wins Election
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Last updated: 10:32 pm November 4, 2008 Posted:
10:16 pm November 4, 2008 Barack Obama scored a
barrier-breaking victory tonight to become the first black president of the United States - capping a 22-month quest that tapped into a national hunger for ...
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BARACK OBAMA WINS THE PRESIDENCY - New York Post
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OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY, NETWORKS SAY
TPM Election Central —
... and Fox had called Virginia for Obama. With the Kerry states, that puts Obama at 297 Electoral College votes.
Indiana and North Carolina are dead heats, and Obama is ahead in Florida.
Huge. Obama has unleashed something extraordinary, and the potential is clearly there for an enduring Dem majority and a period of unchallenged Democratic dominance. Just indescribable.
Late Update: The Times's wrap-up is here. The Washington Post's is here. Politico's is here.
More coming.
Late Late Update ...
First Drafts Of History
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
... senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by
defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in
hard-fought battleground states - Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa The New York Times 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 Washington Post Democrat Barack Obama was elected the first African-American ...
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... Washington Post: "Democrat Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president
of the United States Tuesday, capping a meteoric rise for the freshman
Illinois Senator whose message of change resonated with a remarkably
broad cross-section of voters across the country." ...
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