President Obama

Congratulations to Barack Obama for becoming the 44th President of the United States. He not only defeated John McCain, but he did it in a fashion that showed how liked he was across the country. With some states still needing to be finished counting, Obama has a commaning lead in the electoral vote and an overwhelming lead in the popular vote. Currently, Obama is up by approximately 6 million votes.

It was only a few months ago during the primaries when Barack Obama was running behind John Edwards and Hillary Clinton in the polls. Clinton was expected to not only win the Democratic nomination but do it in a landslide. However, Obama put up a fight against Clinton and then put up a fight in the general election against McCain. It was Obama's unwillingness to get knocked down and not give up that helped Obama become our President-elect.

One could say the tough battle Obama faced in the primary against Clinton really toughened him up. He worked hard in every aspect of the campaign, especially fundraising.

If it wasn't for Obama's incredible fundraising, we wouldn't be celebrating the 1st African American president. But thanks to Obama's campaign fundraisers, he was able to raise a record amount of money. This money was used for two main things that helped the campaign: Advertising and Ground Forces.

One item that had been talked about for a few weeks, especially among Democrats, was the Bradley Effect. Obama had huge leads in the polls, and even led in some traditionally red states such as Virginia, North Carolina and Florida. Political experts were saying to be wary of these leads that Obama has, especially in the red states, because once people actually get to the polls, it will be hard for them to vote for an African American.

I guess it was all talk because Obama won all those states I mentioned above, assuming he holds the lead he has now in North Carolina. We can finally put the Bradley Effect to rest and celebrate the fact that our country is not as racist as we thought.

This is an amazing day for the people of the United States, because a democrat will take the oath for the oval office in January and the Democratic Party will have a majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

More importantly, our country has elected an African American as President of the U.S. It's amazing to see what our country has gone through the past 100 years and where we stand today.

CONGRATULATIONS BARACK OBAMA!