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Issue Date: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Issue: Special Election Edition Last Update: Monday, November 17, 2008
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"I was stunned at first; my candidate had never won, there had to be some sort of trick. However, it was true.... Finally, political power returned to the people.
“What a great day,” said Michael Slajchert, deacon and Theology teacher, reflecting this morning on the election of Barack Obama to the United States presidency.
The 2008 presidential election holds the record for longest campaign in history. It has been twenty-two months since Barack Obama declared his intent to run for office on the steps of the Old State Ho
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Who is Barack Obama? I’ve been wondering what that question means lately. On Tuesday, Barack Obama became the presidents elect. But does that change who he is? For the past two years Fenwick has been
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Clammy hands, sweating brows, nervous glances back and forth, Then suddenly “Barack Obama is President-Elect for the United States of America”. Saying the crowd went wild is a pure understatement, the
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Election, election, election. That’s all people have been hearing these past weeks. From radio and television, students and their teachers, employees and their bosses, bus drivers to senators, everyon
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“Who are you voting for?”“Ralph Nader,” a young man replies. At this, a girl next to him starts to giggle, while the boy who asked looks at the young man with a bemused expression. The question of w
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In the aftermath of the 2008 election, it is clear that the nation has been a witness to history. Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, became the first African American to be elected president.
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History was made yesterday night as the first black President in our history was elected, but while watching history one scenario continually replayed in my head and it was terrifying.
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The gym was quiet and empty. A polling place that one would think would be busy and buzzing, was almost deserted. It had been said by news analysts and people on the street that this election would t
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