【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ate him and for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation39。s promise in the months want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the vicepresidentelect of the United States, Joe would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation39。s next first lady, Michelle and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that39。s ing with us to the White while she39。s no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond my campaign manager, David Plouffe。my chief strategist, David Axelrod。and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics — you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you39。ve sacrificed to get it above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to — it belongs to was never the likeliest candidate for this didn39。t start with much money or many campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington — it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to this grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation39。s apathy。who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep。from the notsoyoung people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers。from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this is your know you didn39。t do this just to win an election, and I know you didn39。t do it for did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they39。ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor39。s bills, or save enough for is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created。new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to road ahead will be climb will be may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America — I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get promise you: We as a people will get will be setbacks and false are many who won39。t agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can39。t solve every I will always be honest with you about the challenges we will listen to you, especially when we , above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it39。s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, callused hand by callused began 21 months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn victory alone is not the change we seek — it is only the chance for us to make that that cannot happen if we go back to the way things cannot happen without let us summon a new spirit of patriotism。of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it39。s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street this country, we rise or fall as one nation — as one us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House — a party founded on the values of selfreliance, individual liberty and national are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends...Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” And, to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your president, to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world — our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at those who would tear this world down: We will defeat those who seek peace and security: We support to all those who have wondered if America39。s beacon