Illinois Sen. Barack Obama (D) was elected the nation’s 44th president by a decisive margin yesterday, winning 349 electoral votes to Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) 162.
The president-elect addressed the nation last night, acknowledging the challenges our nation faces at home and abroad, saying, “the road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there.”
