American Surprise
Election - 2008 turned out to be an historic election for US politics. Even my African American friends were surprised. They just could not believe the news of Obama victory. Wherever I went before the elections, people used to ask "Was America ready to elect its first black president? " In the end America surprised itself about how far it had come. Those who said that race wouldn`t matter in this election really meant it. The polls were accurate there was no Bradley effect. Some say that race did matter but economy trumped and the people in all fairness blamed the Republicans for this along with lying them (remember weapons of mass destruction) into the unnecessary war in Iraq.
Even though the above point the Republican mistakes, it must be agreed that Obama had a far superior campaign organization which raised unprecedented money and used the same properly for his advantage.
Whatever, it is no one can dispute that America broke the highest racial barrier on Nov4 and showcased to the world as to why it is the most powerful nation in the world.
Now it is up to Obama to live up to the expectations of not only the American citizens but the world population at large.
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