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What the American papers are saying
Evening Standard5 Nov 2008
NEW YORK TIMES: His triumph was decisive because he saw what is wrong with this country: the failure of government to protect its citizens. He offered a government that does not try to solve every problem but will do things beyond the power of individuals: regulate the economy fairly, keep the air clean and the food safe, ensure the sick have access to health care, and educate children to compete in a globalised world.
WASHINGTON POST: Barack Obama, 44th president of the USA: Like so many millions of Americans, we savour the phrase, congratulate the winner and celebrate the momentousness of the occasion for the geographic realignment it reflects and the racial progress it acknowledges and promises. Most of all, Mr Obama's victory is momentous for the opportunity it presents to put the country on a new and better path.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Obama's victory reveals how far the nation has travelled. When he was born in 1961, African-Americans risked death merely to register to vote in some Southern states. Today, the nation is willing to entrust its future to a man whose father was black. His election is a moving vindication of the ideals on which this nation was founded.
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Its a pity this country does not think like the Americans that this country needs to change instead of staying the same way when slavery was about.
- E Of London, London, 05/11/2008 20:38
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