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Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. He came across in the debate as presidential and as connecting with the American people. He did so much more than John McCain did. That\u2019s all Obama needed. We might as well start playing \u201cHail to the Chief.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not glad, but there it is. I don\u2019t see what can stop him. The Age of Obama is upon us.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. He came across in the debate as presidential and as connecting with the American people. He did so much more than John McCain did. That\u2019s all Obama needed. We might as well start playing \u201cHail to the Chief.\u201d I\u2019m not glad, but there it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nConclusion from the debate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. He came across in the debate as presidential and as connecting with the American people. 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