The 2008 presidential elections are something that none of us will forget. Barack Obama won the election and became the first black president in US history. He won the popular vote by 6 percent and he had a huge lead at the electoral college. From 2009 a new era will start and democrats will change the way things were done in the last 8 years. In Chicago more than 200,000 people waited all night long for the final results of the election and after Obama was declared winner everyone listened a lovely speech from their new president. Probably one of the most remarcable moments of that night was Oprah Winfrey almost crying and saying:

It feels like hope won. It feels like it’s not just victory for … Barack Obama. It feels like America did the right thing. It feels like there’s a shift in consciousness. It feels like something really big and bold has happened here - like nothing ever in our lifetimes did we expect this to happen. It feels like anything is now possible.

Obama’s victory was also celebrated in many places around the world. In Kenya, everyone had a day off from work since Obama’s father was born there. In his relatives’ village they slaughtered a bull after Obama won. In Indonesia people danced in the street, russians deployed missiles to the polish border and in the middle east Hamas celebrated by launching 24 missiles into Israel. Almost everyone is thrilled that Barack became the 44th President of the US.