New York – Sen. Barack Obama’s quest for the Democratic presidential nomination ended in a historic victory Tuesday night, as the Illinois senator achieved the magic number needed to make him his party’s standard-bearer. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, meanwhile, signaled that her once seemingly invincible campaign was coming to a close — though she pointedly did not concede and broadly indicated her interest in the vice presidency.
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“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Obama said told a cheering throng of supporters in St. Paul, Minn. “America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past.”
Obama and de facto Republican nominee Sen. John McCain wasted no time, launching into a cross-country debate that essentially kicked off the general election campaign. McCain, speaking in a New Orleans suburb, strongly criticized Obama’s stance on the war in Iraq and mocked his mantra of change.
“This is, indeed, a change election. … But the choice is between the right change and the wrong change, between going forward and going backward,” McCain said.
Obama shot back: “It’s not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95 percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year, It’s not change when he offers four more years of Bush economic policies that have failed to create well-paying jobs. … And it’s not change when he promises to continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave young men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians.”
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I think its time to make a huge YOM TEFILLAH to ask Hashem Obama sholdn’t make it, it’ll be like Dinkins for President
dont worry he is up for appeachment the third in hystary
question: how would Obama handle al-Qaida?
it was a tremendous kiddush hashem to see so many yidden at the hillary celebration. chassidim, srugis, etc – even people learning in the bleachers waiting for the speech to start. mi kiamcha yosroel!!!
In our remarks, have we forgotten, “Avadim hayinu…”?
If Anshei Yisroel vote against someone out of racial hatred or ignorance–rather than philosophical/political differences, it will be a victory for sonei Yisroel.
The very reason that the Temple was destroyed, may be the reason it has not yet been rebuilt.
Oh veyh ah broch to America
McCain will beat Obama as every poll has shown. We must pray that he does not take Hillary as his running mate as this would be more difficult.Hopefully the animosity betwwen them will prevent this from happening.
the noly good thing that can come from an obama nomination would be if he takes hillary as a running mate. but she is too good for him.
Hillary has been the greatest friend of israel and the jews and obama has no record at all.
let her go back to the senate and continue working hard for us as she has. she can do more good that way.
all 3 spoke to aipac. they were all different
i support OBAMA for president i think he should take colin powell to be his running mate
I thought McCain was pretty boring. But so was Bush and he won twice — what a mistake. Obama can’t be worse for Israel than Olmert. Lev Malakim mesora b’yad hashem so who cares? I vote to lower my taxes.