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05 November
US President-elect Barack Obama said "change has come to America" in his victory speech given in Chicago after becoming the first African-American to be elected to the White House. |
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05 November
Republican White House hopeful John McCain on Tuesday conceded defeat to Democrat Barack Obama in the US presidential election, saying he had congratulated his opponent in a phone call. |
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17 October
Republican John McCain took the gloves off when he met Democrat Barack Obama in the third and final Live TV presidential debate at Hofstra University on Long Island. It was his best performance so far,some say, but was it enough? |
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08 October
US Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain got a real test of issues on the minds of voters in the elections as they took their questions in their second TV debate. |
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07 October
Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin, 44, and Democrat VP hopeful Joe Biden, 65, faced off in St. Louis, Missouri for a 90-minute showdown. The one and only TV debate, where the running mates could land blows on behalf of presidential nominees John McCain and Barack Obama was centred on the financial crisis impacting the US middle classes. |
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07 October
US Presidential candidates Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama go head-on in their first televised debate held in the shadow of a Wall Street meltdown that is serving as a severe test of Presidential skills. |
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05 September
In a speech that reflected the reluctance of John McCain for showmanship, the Republican nominee for US President accepted the challenge with calls for change, end to corruption and a return to values that would make America a great nation. Much time was also spent on drumming up the experience and commitment of both his running-mate Sarah Palin and himself. |
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03 September
The Republicans have opened their National Convention with President Bush making an appearance via video-link to endorse John McCain to party supporters. |
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29 August
Barack Obama in a stirring speech to accept the Democrat party's nomination as presidential candidate called on Americans to unite for change as the country faced a "defining moment". There was also little opportunity lost in drawing on the fact that the 43-minute address coincided with the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. |
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28 August
Hillary and her husband Bill,the last American Democrat President, have been fierce critics of Barack Obama. But in a carefully choreographed show of unity and reconciliation at the nominating convention in Colorado, the Clintons joined the party's strenous effort to close ranks. |
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28 August
Barack Obama has come a long way, from young and fresh senator from Illinois to America's first African-American presidential contender of the Democrat party and a major party.
Should he go on to win the presidential election in November, he will be the first Black US president, but also one of youngest ever at age 47. |
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28 August
Barack Obama has written American history as the first African-American presidential nominee for a major party. Delegates at the Democratic Party National Convention gave their endorsement to Obama who made a suprise appearance at the event which also saw his running-mate Senator Joe Biden getting the party's backing.
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