Supporters gathered in Chicago

In front of a crowd of more than 200,000 in Chicago’s Grant Park, Pres.-elect Barack Obama addressed the nation as the next president of the United States and the first of African-American ethnicity. “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer,” Obama said. Read the full story