There was this feeling in the air that the elections in the US would be different. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama where fighting it out as candidate for the Democrats. In the end Obama won and he would have to fight it out with John McCain.
Obama's campaign raised $58 million during the first half of 2007, of which donations of less than $200, classified as "small donations" by campaign laws, accounted for $16.4 million. The $58 million set the record for fundraising by a presidential campaign in the first six months of the calendar year before the election.
He again broke fundraising records in the first two months of 2008, raising over $90 million for his primary.
After McCain was nominated as the Republican presidential candidate, polls indicated that he had closed the gap with Obama.
But to no effect as Obama defeated McCain on the 4th of November to become became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.
The world was desperate for a change and the world got it. For some reason there is suddenly hope again all around the world.
But a big task lies ahead for Obama because a certain Mr Bush will leave a big mess behind and it will take years to recover from it.
Lets hope that peaceful years lay ahead.
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