A stunned America is wildly feting the first African-American President-elect in the country's history. From the streets of Brooklyn, New York where people cried and embraced complete strangers, to early morning festivities in the Kenyan village where Barack Obama's father was born, the sense of excitement and pride that a black family will be moving into the
White House is palpable. Kenya declared Thursday a public holiday to celebrate the Obama victory. "We, the Kenyan people, are immensely proud of your Kenyan roots," President Mwai Kibaki said in a message. And BBC's Juliet Njeri reported that Obama's step-grandmother was seen dancing and cheering outside her house immediately after the results came in. In Obama's native Chicago well over 100,000 people flocked to hear his victory speech in Grant Park, while millions more watched on television screens across the globe. The 44th US President was flanked on the stage by his wife Michelle and two daughters. The Democratic Party senator achieved decisive majorities in both Congress and the Senate, and grabbed nearly twice as many Electoral College votes as Republican Senator John McCain.
Obama told the story of 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper, who cast her ballot in Georgia and would at that very moment be witnessing the momentous change — comparable in its impact to only those other
path-breaking moments in United States history: the coming in of women's suffrage, the civil rights triumphs and the conquest of the moon.
Punctuating each example with his campaign slogan Yes We Can Obama credited his spectacular triumph to the millions who donated their time, money and energy to his campaign. Nearly three million people donated $600 million. For their part Obama supporters used his website to get up thousands of phone-banking events and galvanize affinity groups in local neighbourhoods....Continue
White House is palpable. Kenya declared Thursday a public holiday to celebrate the Obama victory. "We, the Kenyan people, are immensely proud of your Kenyan roots," President Mwai Kibaki said in a message. And BBC's Juliet Njeri reported that Obama's step-grandmother was seen dancing and cheering outside her house immediately after the results came in. In Obama's native Chicago well over 100,000 people flocked to hear his victory speech in Grant Park, while millions more watched on television screens across the globe. The 44th US President was flanked on the stage by his wife Michelle and two daughters. The Democratic Party senator achieved decisive majorities in both Congress and the Senate, and grabbed nearly twice as many Electoral College votes as Republican Senator John McCain.Obama told the story of 106-year-old Ann Nixon Cooper, who cast her ballot in Georgia and would at that very moment be witnessing the momentous change — comparable in its impact to only those other
path-breaking moments in United States history: the coming in of women's suffrage, the civil rights triumphs and the conquest of the moon.Punctuating each example with his campaign slogan Yes We Can Obama credited his spectacular triumph to the millions who donated their time, money and energy to his campaign. Nearly three million people donated $600 million. For their part Obama supporters used his website to get up thousands of phone-banking events and galvanize affinity groups in local neighbourhoods....Continue
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