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Last night was a historic night in the history of the United States. Barack Obama, a senator from Chicago, Illinois became our country’s first African American president. Mwai Kibaki, the president of Kenya declared today a public holiday in Barack Obama’s father’s native country of Kenya. I was amazed that the election was over by eleven o’clock. This country finally did what I never thought they would ever do- put aside its racist prejudices and elect an Afrcian American to the highest office in the land. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was so well-written and eloquent. I also thought that John McCain tried to reach out his hand to help his supporters deal with the fact that John McCain and Sarah Palin were not elected to public office last night. I hope that Barack Obama can bring everyone in the country together- democrats, republicans, and independents. It is crucial to our country’s success that we all work together and change the attitude of our country. Everyone seems like a weight has been lifted off of their shoulders, they know that the world change last night. I saw people in front of the White House yesterday with signs saying why can’t we evict Bush now? I guess change cannot come soon enough for everyone. I will always remember the day that an African American became president. I saw Oprah and Jesse Jackson cry in the crowd, that is how moving this historical event is. What did you all think of yesterday’s victory for Barack Obama?

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