Barack Obama election in 2008,
This was his first election. He was the US Senator from 2005-2008. Joe Biden was US Senator and vice president too from 1973-2009. They were belonging to the Democratic Party. He announced his presidency in US Springfield, Illinois on February 10, 2007. On August 27,2008 he was declared nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidential election 2008. He was the FIRST African American elected President of the United States. He was third Senator after Warren Harding and John Kennedy. He was fighting against the Republican John McCain from Arizona. His running mate was Sarah Palin. Obama won with 52.9% of votes.
Election in 2012,
That was the 57th presidential election. I was held on November 6, 2012. The other side was Republican nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and his running mate, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. The statistics could not predict in advance the president but they assumed that Obama will be, because of the bookmakers, and statistical models. He won with 51.1% of the votes and that is 65,910,437 in popular votes. He won in 26 countries plus DC. He promised that he will take care about Iraq war and make better the American economy.
Scandals,
I didn't find any scandal that Barack Obama ever had. He was born in Hawaii, after he left to Kenya and when he came back he went to college. First he went to a small college and after two years he left to Harvard University. And later he took the Law school in Chicago.
My thoughts: I personally think that Barack Obama is great president. It is not easy to manage with so big county and take care of everything. It is a big ressponsability for one man.
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