over his Republican rival John McCain.The 47-year-old father of two, who will be inaugurated as the 44th US president on Jan 20, 2009, has however inherited an economy mired in the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and a nuclear showdown with Iran.
Television networks projected his victory over McCain after Obama solidified traditional Democratic states and cut deep into the Republican territory which his rival needed to control to win the White House.
Obama garnered 338 against McCain's 163 of the 538 electoral college votes. He won 62 million voters (52 percent), while McCain has 55 million voters (47 percent).
Obama's historic inauguration will complete a stunning ascent to the pinnacle of US and global politics from national obscurity just four years ago and close an eight-year era of turbulence under President George W Bush.
At 12.20pm local time, McCain conceded defeat and congratulated Obama on his victory.
Source : Malaysiakini
2 comments:
it was a great news of yesterday.. not ony us ppl but the whole world are expecting obama to win ler.. me too. :)
ya , Can be sayed as historical win , american black as President of USA.
Good example for many countries , in some aspects , include Malaysia .
I can see some similarities between American blacks and Malaysian Indians , i think it will be my next post . hehe .
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