Few presidents have taken office facing higher expectations than Barack Hussein Obama. For the record millions who will fill Washington to hear his inaugural address Tuesday and the rest of the watching world, he is nothing less than America’s new prince, all the more charmed for his improbable rise and the mess he inherits. He […]
Barack Obama, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States. Mr Obama received 349 electoral vote vs John McCains 159. A landslide if you ask, and in my mind, quite surprising. And my thoughts about this, well – Mr. Obama can not […]
I’m interested in finding out if the US will do something that wouldn’t happen in Norway in the next twenty years, choosing someone to office with a different background then tradition says… And if Mr. Obama will win, then I think the world will be very disappointed within the next six months – he’s voted […]
Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. Together, they’ll spend about $8 per presidential vote. I wonder how much money the Norwegian parties will spend of their campaigns […]
Another good idea on the importance on voting in the US presidential election. Since I’m not an American citizen I can’t, but still, it’s fun, intelligent and give some cold thoughts, remembering the race between President Bush and Al Gore. Vote