Saudara Obama sudah memenangi pilihanraya Presiden di Amerika Syarikat.
Persoalannya, adakah dsara dan polisi Amerika Syarikat akan berubah? Perlu
diingat yang Obama adalah satu parti dengan Bill Clinton dan dasar parti
Demokratik ini banyak campurtangan dalam urusan negara luar seperti yang dibuat
oleh Al Gore di Malaysia dalam tahun 1997 dahulu.
Apa-apa pun kita cuma boleh tunggu dan lihat.
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WASHINGTON – Barack Obama
was elected the nation's first black president Tuesday night in a
historic triumph that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother
from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his victory by
defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought
battleground states — Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
A huge crowd in Grant Park in Chicago erupted in
jubilation at the news of Obama's victory. Some wept.
McCain called to concede defeat — and the end of his
own 10-year quest for the White House.
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.
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.
The popular vote was close, but not the count in the
Electoral College, where it mattered most.
There, Obama's audacious decision to contest McCain in
states that hadn't gone Democratic in years paid rich dividends.
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.
Fellow Democrats
rode his coattails to larger majorities in both houses of Congress.
They defeated incumbent Republicans and won open seats by turn.
