Barack Obama won this tuesday the Democratic nomination for the presidential election in November by beating Hillary Clinton at the end of the longest and tighter campaign in the History of the Unites States. Without waiting for the results of these two primaries, Obama’s camp has claimed his victory. The number of delegates he won was sufficient to designate him as the official Democratic candidate at the Democratic Convention to be held in the end of August.
Despite the victory, Barack Obama is not fooled and knows that the road to the White House is still long. In front of a crowd of supporters, he has said calmly during his speech at St Paul (Minnesota): “The road will be long. I am addressing this challenge with great humility and I know my own limits.” He also shown its confidence to the American people saying that it was “facing this challenge with a boundless faith in the ability of the American people.” An elegant way to say that America has evolved and that its citizens are ready to elect an Afro-American President.
After having thanked his supporters for their support, he has paid tribute to his rival Hillary Clinton. The rest of his speech was devoted to attacks against the policy of his Republican opponent John McCain.
Hillary doesn’t give up.
The fight between Obama and Hillary Clinton was tight until the last day and has widely divided the Democrats. Two camps were formed: blacks, young voters and the most educated have preferred to vote for Obama. The Hispanics and seniors have turned to Hillary Clinton.
In front of the supporters gathered in New York, Hillary Clinton has refused to recognize its defeat explaining (not that she still wants to be a candidate in the case of Barack Obama would be murdered ) but because she would consult with party leaders before making a decision! Then, the Senator of New York defended her point of vue in taking her constituents as an argument: “I want the estimated 18 million Americans who voted for me are respected, heard and they do not count for nothing.”
According to Charles Rangel, a senior official of the Democratic Party, Hillary entered into campaign 17 months ago with the label of “favourite”. She declared herself “open” to the idea of being the coworker of Obama. Hillary Clinton wants to save the Democrats and why not at the same time finding a job. She said she would do “whatever is necessary to ensure the victory and she could serve as vice-president” reaffirmed Rangel to the news agency Reuters. He was of course a supporter of the former First Lady.
United to win.
During the evening, Barack Obama called for the unity of the Democratic Party to defeat the Republican John McCain in November. The assumption that Mrs. Clinton becomes the candidate for the vice presidency alongside Obama was raised during a conference call between the former First Lady and parliamentarians in New York. Terry McAuliffe, the director of the campaign team of Hillary Clinton stressed that she represented a “tremendous asset” for the senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama is expected to be formally invested by the Democratic Party at the Convention which is going to be held in the end of August in Denver. If he’s elected in November, he will become the first Afro-American President of the History of the United-States.
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