President Barack Obama

On November 4, 2008, around 11:00pm, Barack Obama was named President of the United States. I had just finished watching 27 Dresses on HBO and figured I'd turn to some of the news channels to see how the election was going. When I turned it onto some news channel (I can't remember which), they were discussing how the election all depended on California at this point. They were waiting for the polls to close on the west coast to find out, so I figured I'd wait and see what the outcome was. Obama won in California and ended up winning the presidential race. I had a feeling Barack Obama was going to win the election but I thought it was going to be a lot closer than it was. Obama ended up winning by a good amount.

I wasn't really partial to either candidate so the outcome honestly did not matter in my mind. I admit that I feel more content with Obama because his views mirror my views more than McCain's do. Either way, I would not have complained. I really do not think I would have had any place to, anyways, seeing I did not vote. It was just something I chose not to do. I'm used to getting the reaction of "I can't believe you didn't vote! You need to vote!" but I have my own views on it and I don't pass judgment on those that do vote.

Besides the fact, though, after they announced Obama as President, I was too tired to watch McCain's and Obama's speeches, so I decided to find them on the internet and watch them now. To me, they both seemed like very well thought out and admirable speeches. I admire McCain for being the "good sport" that he was, especially when he constantly quieted the boo's every time Obama's name was mentioned. He also said a great deal of remarkable things about Obama. This speech was probably the best speech I've ever seen McCain give. He was calm and collected and chose his words wisely. He spoke eloquently and just seemed completely natural and confident. He fought a good fight and I'll give that to him. Obama was, as always, eloquent and motivating. It seemed like he thanked every possible person that could be thanked. All-in-all, Obama won the race, by far, and I think it was well deserved. I'm anxious to see what will happen once he's in office.