Yes We Can!
…This was the quote of the night for president-elect Barack Obama. History was made last night as America watched the first African-American president win with 349 electoral votes over John McCain’s 163 electoral votes. Barack won Ohio, which helped him tremendously in the election. Obama has quite the challenge ahead of him, but he assured Americans that he “will always be honest with you about the challenges we face.”
Obama’s speech was a powerful one that thanked his wife, daughters and grandma, who passed away the day before he won the election. He discussed the economic crisis he will fight in the years ahead and thanked all of his supporters. Barack also congratulated Senator McCain and Governor Palin, and said he “looks forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.”
Barack spoke and made history. However, I still commend John McCain on his concession speech. He spoke well and was very respectful. His crowd of supporters tried to “boo” Barack Obama, but McCain stopped them. It looked as if Sarah Palin was crying, however she didn’t speak so it was hard to tell. They were obviously disappointed, but were still respectful. McCain even told Americans that “…we [Americans] never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history, we make history.”
So, the election is over. But the fight for America has just begun. However, Jon Stewart’s correspondents might not feel this way. There was a hilarious show on last night covering the election, in which all of the correspondents were having post-election fears. What were they going to cover next? Luckily, Jon Stewart leads them to what’s next.
The republicans fought a tough fight. Although the democrats won, there is still much that needs to accomplished by both parties to help get America back on track. Here’s hoping we can all work together.
Nice post. Why do you keep alternate between referring to the pres-elect by first and last name? Stay with last name. Also, names of parties should be capitalized.
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Jim Foust
November 12, 2008