Best Man Has Won!
Changing the face of American politics, the US presidential election of 2008 has turned out to be truly historic.
The election has succeeded in demolishing the social obstacle posed by racism.
By electing the 47 year old Illinois senator, voters have also signaled a generational shift.
As election news started trickling in, people gathered around large TV screens put up in various locations across the country.
The face of Barack Obama sparked innumerable cheers as his success story finally began to add up.
The Democrat's supporters started congratulating each other as soon as their tally touched the 200 mark, with the Republicans still languishing at 85.
Crowds, craving for the official victory stamp, erupted in joyous celebrations when the news media finally called the race, declaring Obama as the clear winner.
Emotions ran high and low.
The excitement in the air was palpable.
I must admit I have never been equally involved in an Indian election and I must also admit that I have never been secretly supporting the black candidate.
I realized it after son of a Kenyan delivered the change has come to America speech in Grant Park, Chicago.
The challenges Barack Obama faces are many.
Reaching out to the millions of American voters who favored Senator John McCain is one of them.
It may sound ironic but America's economic crisis has a lot to do with Obama's victory.
The carnage at wall street Obama's accusations that McCain was a much to blame for the slump as George Bush turned out to be the nails in McCain's political coffin.
Another vital aspect to the democratic win is Obama's terrific show in states that had voted for the Republicans in previous polls.
Obama's victories in all corners of the country demonstrate the willingness of American people to give the new president a chance to put forward a more responsible economic program than what was practiced by the republicans.
The excitement Barack generates among his supporters is proof of his power to inspire people, a quality that will go along way in uniting and reassuring a worried and divided nation.
His efficient, disciplined and at times ruthless, campaigning suggests a capacity to manage a government beset with problems of unimaginable complexities.
And his combination of intelligence and eloquence along with his evident instincts for consensus, offers hope that he can provide the leadership America so badly needs now.
It seems the people of America each of them, have received a personal reward.
Some put hands to their mouths in disbelief; still others held their children-all of them keeping up late to witness the turning of a page in American History.
I have not met anyone out here who still doubts that America is a place where all things are not possible.
The best man indeed has won.
The election has succeeded in demolishing the social obstacle posed by racism.
By electing the 47 year old Illinois senator, voters have also signaled a generational shift.
As election news started trickling in, people gathered around large TV screens put up in various locations across the country.
The face of Barack Obama sparked innumerable cheers as his success story finally began to add up.
The Democrat's supporters started congratulating each other as soon as their tally touched the 200 mark, with the Republicans still languishing at 85.
Crowds, craving for the official victory stamp, erupted in joyous celebrations when the news media finally called the race, declaring Obama as the clear winner.
Emotions ran high and low.
The excitement in the air was palpable.
I must admit I have never been equally involved in an Indian election and I must also admit that I have never been secretly supporting the black candidate.
I realized it after son of a Kenyan delivered the change has come to America speech in Grant Park, Chicago.
The challenges Barack Obama faces are many.
Reaching out to the millions of American voters who favored Senator John McCain is one of them.
It may sound ironic but America's economic crisis has a lot to do with Obama's victory.
The carnage at wall street Obama's accusations that McCain was a much to blame for the slump as George Bush turned out to be the nails in McCain's political coffin.
Another vital aspect to the democratic win is Obama's terrific show in states that had voted for the Republicans in previous polls.
Obama's victories in all corners of the country demonstrate the willingness of American people to give the new president a chance to put forward a more responsible economic program than what was practiced by the republicans.
The excitement Barack generates among his supporters is proof of his power to inspire people, a quality that will go along way in uniting and reassuring a worried and divided nation.
His efficient, disciplined and at times ruthless, campaigning suggests a capacity to manage a government beset with problems of unimaginable complexities.
And his combination of intelligence and eloquence along with his evident instincts for consensus, offers hope that he can provide the leadership America so badly needs now.
It seems the people of America each of them, have received a personal reward.
Some put hands to their mouths in disbelief; still others held their children-all of them keeping up late to witness the turning of a page in American History.
I have not met anyone out here who still doubts that America is a place where all things are not possible.
The best man indeed has won.
