[DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE BARACK OBAMA AND FAMILY IN JANUARY 2008]

Senator Barack Obama has made history by seizing the Democratic nomination and becoming the first African-American to run for president of the United States.Before beginning his Victory speech, Obama thanked his family saying: ” Thank you Michelle Obama, Malia Obama , Sasha Obama…thank you to my grandmother who helped raised me…who helped to make him the man I am today… tonight is for her.”

Excerpt for Obama’s Victory Speech:

Tonight, after fifty-four hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.Sixteen months have passed since we first stood together on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Thousands of miles have been traveled. Millions of voices have been heard. And because of what you said – because you decided that change must come to Washington; because you believed that this year must be different than all the rest; because you chose to listen not to your doubts or your fears but to your greatest hopes and highest aspirations, tonight we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another – a journey that will bring a new and better day to America. Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

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