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PRESIDENT OBAMA
Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, leading Democrats in an unprecedented call for change across the nation. Before a crowd of more than 100,000 in Chicago’s Grant Park and on television sets across the world, Obama declared, “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible…tonight is your answer.”
END OF THE ROAD
Will Barack Obama win in an historic landslide? Or will John McCain pull off a stunning comeback? How much control will Democrats have when the Senate reconvenes in January? A lot is at stake and unprecedented turnout is expected as America votes. Stay with the Saint for post-election updates throughout the week.
Obama draws 16,000 at Calder Plaza; McCain pulls out of Michigan
Just hours after Obama’s rally in Grand Rapids, the McCain campaign announced it was pulling out of Michigan in order to focus its efforts on more competitive battleground states such as Florida, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Read my lips: get a new slogan.
Candidates, please, I beg you to come up with real campaign slogans. Stop bad-mouthing each other in advertisements and spend that time and money brainstorming.
Ready or not, Obama takes on the world
Change is coming to Europe - as in, for the first time in years, more Europeans than not are actually excited about the visit of a high profile U.S. politician. According to the AFP, if western Europeans were to choose between Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, Obama would win in a landslide. Obama scores as high as 67 percent in Germany, while McCain is favored by just six percent in the same country.
Disapproval of Congress works against Dems in ‘08
Ironically, the Democrats’ major Congressional electoral victory in 2006 may work to their disadvantage in 2008. It’s virtually impossible that Republicans will narrow their deficit in Congress in the November elections, but Democrats’ plans to all-but sweep the contest will almost certainly be complicated by public dissatisfaction as evidenced in the AP-Ipsos poll.
In Brief - Obama to visit Michigan again on Monday
According to a report by WOOD TV 8, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is set to visit Michigan for the second time this month on Monday. Details are yet to be released.
It’s on: Barack Obama endorsed by John Edwards at Van Andel Arena
“The reason I am here tonight is that Democratic voters in America have made their choice and so have I,” Edwards said to the ferocious cheers of a full house of roughly 12,000 Obama supporters.
Change comes to Grand Rapids
Tonight’s appearance by Barack Obama in Grand Rapids only reinforces my confidence that The Saint editorial board made the right choice in endorsing the Illinois senator as our preferred Democratic candidate all the way back in the fall of 2007.
Bob Barr to run as Libertarian in ‘08 race
In a move that has the potential to draw votes away from presumptive GOP nominee John McCain in November, former Republican Rep. Bob Barr announced today his intention to run as a Libertarian in the race for the White House. Barr, who according to the Associated Press has hired former independent candidate Ross Perot’s campaign [...]
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