{"id":579,"date":"2008-11-05T12:23:33","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T04:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/?p=579"},"modified":"2008-11-05T12:57:33","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T04:57:33","slug":"barack-obama-elected-us-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biliranisland.com\/blogs\/2008\/11\/05\/barack-obama-elected-us-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama elected US president"},"content":{"rendered":"

GMANEWS.TV<\/em><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2013 Barack Obama was elected the nation’s first black president <\/strong> Tuesday night in a historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.<\/p>\n

The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states \u2014 Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.<\/p>\n

A huge crowd thronged Grant Park in Chicago to cheer Obama’s improbable triumph and await his first public speech as president-elect.<\/p>\n

Obama and his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice president on Jan. 20, 2009.<\/p>\n

As the 44th president, Obama will move into the Oval Office as leader of a country that is almost certainly in recession, and fighting two long wars, one in Iraq, the other in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

The popular vote was close, but not the count in the Electoral College, where it counted.<\/p>\n

There, Obama’s audacious decision to contest McCain in states that hadn’t gone Democratic in years paid rich dividends.<\/p>\n

Fellow Democrats rode his coattails to gains in both houses of Congress, toppling Republican incumbents and winning open seats alike.<\/p>\n

Obama has said his first order of presidential business will be to tackle the economy. He has also pledged to withdraw most U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months. – AP <\/p>\n

\"Barack
\nBarack Obama the first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office. -CNN<\/p>\n

\"America`s
\nAmerica`s first black president – Yahoo!<\/p>\n

\"Obama
\nObama ‘is elected US president’ – BBC News<\/p>\n

\"Obama
\nObama captures historic White House win – reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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