[Peace-discuss] Why Barack Obama’s nomination for the US presidency is historic | Links

[Joe Miller]

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Why Barack Obama’s nomination for the US presidency is historic

By Malik Miah
``America, this is our moment’’, stated Barack Obama on June 3 after  
winning enough delegates to become the presumed presidential nominee  
for the Democratic Party. Obama becomes the first African American in  
the history of the country to be nominated by one of the ruling  
parties. It happened on the evening of June 3 as the final two  
primaries occurred in Montana and South Dakota, where he and his main  
opponent New York Senator Hillary Clinton won one state each.