On November 4, 2008, America chose Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Barack Obama took huge victories over his Republican opponent, John McCain, in terms of the number of states won as well as pledged delegates. Before it got started, many pundits and the media worried that the 2008 election would have been one of the most divisive and fiercest factional war, not much different from the previous Bush-Kerry showdown. Though the Failure of Bush administration in domestic and foreign relations is one of the mostly discussed issues during the campaign, factional interests hardly serves as an important factor in the 2008 version. The 2008 election has found its own theme: who can deliver long-overdue change to American politics. Its two major candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, represent a huge shift from the precious American politics as usual. The Republican nominee, John McCain, has long been viewed as an 'uncontrollable' maverick from its party insiders and its core conservatives. senator McCain;s significant legislative achievement, campaign finance reform is anathema to many consercatives, as was his push for somewhat liberal immigration legislation. Many conservative leaders find McCain's legislative careers and history distracting and unfaithful, citing that McCain his often leaned to the Democrats' side on major conflicts and even brokered the bipartisan compromise between two parties. Likewise, Obama Distances himself from the stereotypical African-American politicians who often overemphasize the racial divide between whites and non-whites and overuse racial rhetoric to draw minority votes. Obama maintains that racial politics and 'liberal-conservative' divide are the country's two deepest divisions which should be overcome. The presidential compaign of Barack Obama with an emphasis on 'Hope' and 'Change' could successfully draw a huge support from the young, upscale, and independents previously uninterested in politics.
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