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Barack Obama inauguration: Michelle Obama profile - Telegraph
Barack Obama inauguration: Michelle Obama profile - Telegraph: "Barack Obama inauguration: Michelle Obama profile
Back in the summer, when there was still everything to play for, Barack Obama said that if he thought his presidential candidacy would ruin his family, he wouldn't stand.
By Elizabeth Grice 9:00PM GMT 20 Jan 2009
His daughters had a wonderful life in Chicago, he added with the caution of a man hedging his bets, 'so I'm sure there's a part of them that won't be heartbroken if things don't work out'.
Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha (right). Mr Obama said he wouldn't run for president if it would ruin his family life.
But his wife, Michelle, prompted by the early-morning chatter of Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, as they crept into their parents' bed, was being pushed towards a different possibility. After months of gruelling campaigning, things were starting to 'work out' in spectacular fashion. 'We talk about Daddy being President,' she said, 'about adolescence, about the questions they have.' One of those childish questions, to which neither of the Obamas had a satisfactory answer, was: 'What is it like to live in the White House?'"
Back in the summer, when there was still everything to play for, Barack Obama said that if he thought his presidential candidacy would ruin his family, he wouldn't stand.
By Elizabeth Grice 9:00PM GMT 20 Jan 2009
His daughters had a wonderful life in Chicago, he added with the caution of a man hedging his bets, 'so I'm sure there's a part of them that won't be heartbroken if things don't work out'.
Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha (right). Mr Obama said he wouldn't run for president if it would ruin his family life.
But his wife, Michelle, prompted by the early-morning chatter of Malia, 10, and Sasha, seven, as they crept into their parents' bed, was being pushed towards a different possibility. After months of gruelling campaigning, things were starting to 'work out' in spectacular fashion. 'We talk about Daddy being President,' she said, 'about adolescence, about the questions they have.' One of those childish questions, to which neither of the Obamas had a satisfactory answer, was: 'What is it like to live in the White House?'"
It’s Obama - Taipei Times
It’s Obama - Taipei Times: "STATE BY STATE
Obama tore up the US political map as he defeated John McCain, the veteran Republican senator who had struggled vainly to distance himself from US President George W. Bush’s unpopular presidency.
Obama captured states once seen as Republican strongholds, including Florida, Indiana and Virginia, while defending all traditionally Democratic states.
In addition, Ohio, Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada — all of which went to Bush in 2004 — turned Democratic in this year’s presidential election.
Obama scored a decisive win in the electoral vote, the state-by-state tally that determines the winner. Needing 270 votes to claim the presidency, Obama had 349 to McCain’s 147, with three states still too close to call. By comparison, Bush won the White House twice and never tallied more than 286 electoral votes"
Obama tore up the US political map as he defeated John McCain, the veteran Republican senator who had struggled vainly to distance himself from US President George W. Bush’s unpopular presidency.
Obama captured states once seen as Republican strongholds, including Florida, Indiana and Virginia, while defending all traditionally Democratic states.
In addition, Ohio, Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada — all of which went to Bush in 2004 — turned Democratic in this year’s presidential election.
Obama scored a decisive win in the electoral vote, the state-by-state tally that determines the winner. Needing 270 votes to claim the presidency, Obama had 349 to McCain’s 147, with three states still too close to call. By comparison, Bush won the White House twice and never tallied more than 286 electoral votes"
It’s Obama - Taipei Times
It’s Obama - Taipei Times: "It’s Obama
LIVING HISTORY The Illinois senator tore up the US political map, capturing states once seen as Republican strongholds
AP , CHICAGO, WASHINGTON AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA
US president-elect Barack Obama stands on stage along with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha in Grant Park, Chicago, on Tuesday night. Obama defeated Republican nominee Senator John McCain by a wide margin to become the first black US president.
PHOTO: AFP
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A triumphant US Democratic Senator Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America and asked for patience to address the nation’s problems of war and finance that he called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
The first black US president-elect cast his election as a defining moment in the country’s 232-year history and a rebuke to cynicism, fear and doubt."
LIVING HISTORY The Illinois senator tore up the US political map, capturing states once seen as Republican strongholds
AP , CHICAGO, WASHINGTON AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA
US president-elect Barack Obama stands on stage along with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha in Grant Park, Chicago, on Tuesday night. Obama defeated Republican nominee Senator John McCain by a wide margin to become the first black US president.
PHOTO: AFP
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A triumphant US Democratic Senator Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America and asked for patience to address the nation’s problems of war and finance that he called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
The first black US president-elect cast his election as a defining moment in the country’s 232-year history and a rebuke to cynicism, fear and doubt."
It’s Obama - Taipei Times
It’s Obama - Taipei Times: "It’s Obama
LIVING HISTORY The Illinois senator tore up the US political map, capturing states once seen as Republican strongholds
AP , CHICAGO, WASHINGTON AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA
US president-elect Barack Obama stands on stage along with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha in Grant Park, Chicago, on Tuesday night. Obama defeated Republican nominee Senator John McCain by a wide margin to become the first black US president.
PHOTO: AFP
1 2 3
A triumphant US Democratic Senator Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America and asked for patience to address the nation’s problems of war and finance that he called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
The first black US president-elect cast his election as a defining moment in the country’s 232-year history and a rebuke to cynicism, fear and doubt."
LIVING HISTORY The Illinois senator tore up the US political map, capturing states once seen as Republican strongholds
AP , CHICAGO, WASHINGTON AND PHOENIX, ARIZONA
US president-elect Barack Obama stands on stage along with his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia, right, and Sasha in Grant Park, Chicago, on Tuesday night. Obama defeated Republican nominee Senator John McCain by a wide margin to become the first black US president.
PHOTO: AFP
1 2 3
A triumphant US Democratic Senator Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America and asked for patience to address the nation’s problems of war and finance that he called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
The first black US president-elect cast his election as a defining moment in the country’s 232-year history and a rebuke to cynicism, fear and doubt."
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