Democrats have been celebrating a triumph for their candidate Barack Obama - je 05.11.2008 16

Democrats have been celebrating a triumph for their candidate Barack Obama, who has been elected the first black president of the United States. In his victory speech in Chicago, Obama told his supporters "the victory was theirs" and he called on all Americans to unite. He also reminded his supporters that the country's true strength lies not in military force or the size of its economy, but in its ideals.