Barack Obama elected 44th president

‘Change has come to America,’ first African-American

leader tells country

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President-elect Barack Obama walks on stage at his victory celebration in Chicago with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha.

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Comments (0) Nov 05 2008

McCain or Obama?

A round-up of endorsements from American papers

—Compiled by MSN editors

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Comments (0) Oct 31 2008

My wife Jill is an extraordinary woman.

Jill’s passion has always been education, and even during the campaign she’s been teaching class during the week and joining me on the trail on the weekends. But this week, she also found some time to go to campaign headquarters and call voters in crucial battleground states.

Jill has always had a great time talking to potential supporters, and I’m sure her calls brought Barack and me a few votes closer to victory.

Can you do the same?

Join her and tens of thousands of volunteers across the country by making calls from your own home:

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Comments (0) Oct 18 2008

Hate Calls‏
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Voters in key battleground states are receiving automated phone calls from John McCain’s campaign that are spreading some of the most vile smears of this election.

But these “robocalls” — and the hate-filled mailers that usually accompany them — say more about John McCain than they do about Barack.

After all, McCain himself denounced these underhanded and cowardly tactics as “hate calls” after a rash of them sunk his primary campaign in 2000. The perpetrator behind that slimy attack: George W. Bush. Now, not only has John McCain embraced these sleazy tactics, he’s hired the same firm that Bush used against him to orchestrate them.

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Comments (0) Oct 18 2008