Barack Hussein Obama today became the President elect in line to be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. Although the margin of his win over the Republican nominee, John McCain, wasn’t too much in terms of the popular vote, he trounced his rival where it counted the most- in the Electoral College.
There have been significant differences in the two campaigns. The personalities and backgrounds of the two candidates could not be more different. What made Obama get such a spectacular victory? To a large extent his biggest ally ( and the biggest stone around the Republican’s neck) was the very strong anti-incumbent feelings against the current President, George Bush. The recent economic crisis made things only worse for McCain.
Jack and Suzy Welch write in Business Week about the lessons for business from Barack Obama’s victory. You may agree or disagree with their assessment-as borne out by the reader comments that follow. I agree with the Welch assessment and would like to add that Obama used the internet brilliantly to garner a huge force to work for him. He also built on his strengths- embodying youth in comparison with the much older McCain.
The results have brought a long fought battle to a close. Millions all over the world congratulate Obama on creating history- becoming the first person of African-American descent to become the President of the United States.
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This is Post No: 337 of the “A Step A Day” series : To provide perspective and provoke thought to facilitate self-development across a wide spectrum of issues- big and small- crucial for executive success.
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yup i think its correct! as jack said, internet is so powerfull! chk out many search engines has come up.. like answers search engine http://www.coolfi.co.nr
Well I don’t think Jack is completely correct…and he is a very smart man. He should be paying more attention to what he thinks in his gut about Obama vs. what his trust fund kids think of him… His trust fund kids are not the same smart savvy business working man he is…Jack like everyone else fears being shunned for not like the mighty Obama…Yes he used the Internet to get elected…but Obama did not create the great marketign campaign that got him elected…Barack is no business man – especially one not in the same league with Jack Welsh. Obama is a MGM star – created, fabricated and dressed to play the role he was given – he is no different than any other celebrity that is as popular as a jar of Hellman’s Mayonaise. People buy it because it’s a well branded product.