Wednesday, November 5, 2008; 12:01 PM
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois was elected the nation's 44th president yesterday, riding a reformist message of change and an inspirational exhortation of hope to become the first African American to ascend to the White House.Obama, 47, the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas, led a tide of Democratic victories across the nation in defeating Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a 26-year veteran of Washington who could not overcome his connections to President Bush's increasingly unpopular administration
Yes Sen. Barack Obama won the presidential campaign. The world waiting anxiously for the result. Before this whenever the news in Singapore blares about this campaign I could hardly care. Called me naive but to me it won't affect me directly in a way. Being the first African Americans is significance. America is the land of opportunity where your dream or ambition can be realized. Personally I felt so relieved that the previous president reign of tyranny, bullying, bombing has come to an end. When your leader decides to fight evils with fires thousands of innocent lives prevails. I remember once my daughter came back to school and reported to me her friend beat her. I wish I can reply back this to her. "What! Your friend beat you next time beat her back". For a moment I think that is not going to solve the problem so I reply to her next time just report anything to your teacher. So far so good heard no more complaining from her.
Patrick Vieira "Steven Gerrard is so powerful and strong. He can attack, he can defend and he can score. I really like him as a player and I think he can be one of the best players, a truly fantastic player." 
John Barnes "He is the most important player Liverpool have and could be the most important player England has. In my opinion he is the most complete midfield player in Europe. If you look at attacking midfield players with Zidane and Ronaldinho and if you look at defensive midfield players like Makelele, creative midfield players with the passing of Beckham. He can do it all. For me he is the most complete midfield player in the world."
Pele "Gerrard is an excellent player, absolutely world class. If I was a manager, everywhere I went I would buy Steven Gerrard. He is what Brazil needs, because he is always looking forward and has a big heart. When I saw him in Tokyo in a game against Sao Paulo, I said that Gerrard is a great player. To me he is one of the best midfielders in the world."
Sven-Goran Eriksson "Steven is one of the best players you can find. He has everything. He can defend. He can tackle incredibly well. He has vision, he is an extremely good passer. He can shoot, score goals and has the energy to get up and down the pitch. It is very difficult to say who is the best player in the country but Steven is certainly one of them - and has been for a long time now. As long as I was England manager, he was extremely important to me. He was important to England last year after I left and he will be very important in the future as well."
