Obama Secures Historic Presidential Victory
By Ben Pershing
washingtonpost.com staff writer
Democrat Barack Obama has secured enough electoral votes to be elected the first African-American president of the United States, 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.
Obama, 47, defeated Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) Tuesday by a convincing margin, appearing to hold every state won by Democrats in the 2004 election while making significant inroads into previously Republican states in the South, Midwest and Mountain West. His victory, along with the expansion of Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, gives the party complete control of both the executive and legislative branches for the first time since 1994.
As polls closed on the West Coast Tuesday night, Obama supporters around the nation could be seen on television reveling in their candidate's victory. McCain publicly conceded at 11:15 p.m. eastern time, making a conciliatory statement and congratulating Obama for winning "an historic election."
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A bit of commentary... a couple of weeks ago, a very good French friend of mine told me he didn't believe Obama would be elected because America was so racist. So, in your face frenchman! If you're a McCain supporter, at least take heart that a Frenchman was once again proven wrong
In all seriousness, this does prove that America is a meritocracy where anyone can grow up to be President.
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