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The Financial Crisis, the Economy, the Election, and the New President

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Date01 March 2009
AuthorMichael Hawes
Published date01 March 2009
DOI10.1177/002070200906400108
Subject MatterThe 2008 US Election—Challenges for a New President
Michael Hawes
The financial crisis,
the economy,
the election, and
the new president
A view from north of the border
| International Journal | Winter 2008-09 | 105 |
On 4 November 2008, Democrat Barack Obama, the junior US senator from
Illinois and a newcomer to national politics, won a decisive victory over
Republican John McCain to become the 44th president of the United States.
Political reform and domestic politics dominated a contest that turned,
ultimately, on who could best effect change. In many ways, both the
campaign and the outcome were dramatic and historic.
United States elections are unique in that the exercise takes the better
part of two years. In 2008, the Democrats were favoured to win. As early as
Michael Hawes is chief executive officer of the Foundation for Educational Exchange
between Canada and the United States of America, the ex ecutive dire ctor of the
Canada–US Fulbright program, and a faculty member (on leave) in the department of
political studies at Queen’s University. In 2006, along with senior administrators and
colleagues at Canada’s leading research universities, he founded the Network for North
American Studies in Canada (NNASC), of which he still is director.

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