Who knows obama? The phenomenon of 2008 USA president candidates’. Barack Obama made history on the final day of the marathon Democratic nomination fight, becoming the first person of black to lead a major party's national ticket. He beat back Hillary Clinton, once viewed as the inevitable choice. Obama's call for change won over 1000.000 of young people, new voters, highly educated whites, and disaffected liberals tired of Clinton and her husband -- and demonstrated to blacks that he could win.
An advocate for withdrawing U.S. combat troops in Iraq,
For someone who burst onto the national scene in 2004,
An advocate for withdrawing U.S. combat troops in Iraq,
Obama
is already tying Republican John McCain to a weakened President Bush and the unpopular war. But his struggles to win over working-class white voters will be a challenge as he battles McCain in swing states such as Ohio. Another task: unifying the Democratic base and bringing back women and Hispanics, both fervent Clinton supporters.For someone who burst onto the national scene in 2004,