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Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has finally laid claim to the Democratic Presidential nomination on Tuesday night. Obama has already made history by becoming the first African-American Presidential nominee of a major American party. The 46 year old Senator in his first appearance as the Democratic nominee in waiting told a cheering crowd, “America, this is our moment, our time to turn the page on the policies of the past”.
Hillary Rodham Clinton in the meanwhile praised Obama in an appearance before supporters in New York. Without conceding her own defeat, the New York senator maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on her fall ticket. The former first lady remarked that she was committed to a unified party and would spend the next few days determining, how to move forward with the best interests of the country and their party guiding her way.
On the final night of the primary season, Obama won Montana, while Clinton took South Dakota. First-term senator Obama defeated the former first lady in a seventeen month marathon for the democratic nomination. None the less, Clinton drew large and enthusiastic audiences and emerged as one of the strongest female presidential candidates in history. Sources close to the former first lady now reveal that she may consider joining Obama as his running mate, if it would help the Democrats win the white House in the November election.
