End+of+a+Long+Journey

// Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. // Barack Obama (Brainy Quote) Barack Obama lived the American dream. He was born into an average middle class family in Hawaii. He studied and worked hard and was accepted to Harvard Law School. There, he became the first African-American President of the //Harvard Law Review//. (White House) The election of 2008 made a huge impact in the United States. The two candidates were Barack Obama, a democratic, and John McCain, a republican. (CNN) Obama selected Joe Biden as his vice president and McCain selected Sarah Palin.  This election is significant because if Obama won, the United States would have its very first black president. But if McCain had won, the United States would have its very first female vice president. Therefore, many people were excited for the diversity America would be able to achieve through the outcome of this election. On November 2, 2008, Barack Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States. (White House) Obama had 365 electoral votes while McCain only had 173 electoral votes. (CNN) Obama had 66,882,230 (53%) of the popular vote while McCain only had 58,343,671 (46%). (CNN) media type="custom" key="7047105"