Photo: Barack Obama, a rookie senator from Illinois cloaked in a
mantle of hope and change, was elected America’s 44th President
Tuesday night, trouncing John McCain decisively to bring down the
curtain on eight years of Republican rule. (NY Daily News)

The New York Times: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls

Senator Barack Obama with his wife, Michelle, and Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. with his wife,
Jill, in Chicago on Tuesday night. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)