Months before the results of the presidential election were announced Nov. 4, Matthew Anderson made plans to attend the inauguration ceremony for America's 44th president Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. ...more

December 31, 2008

Next month, Barack Obama will catch a train in Philadelphia and trace the route Abraham Lincoln followed to Washington for his inauguration. ...more

December 28, 2008

Criticizing the White House directly for the first time since November's election, President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday accused President Bush of not doing enough to stem the nation's home foreclosure crisis. ...more

December 8, 2008

Law enforcement officials bracing for the largest crowds in inaugural history are preparing far-reaching security — thousands of video cameras, sharpshooters, air patrols — to safeguard President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in. ...more

November 21, 2008

Welcome Home I had to write in with yet another in the long list of great events that will be seen by the election of Barack Obama as our 44th president. ...more

November 21, 2008

Republican Sen. Mel Martinez is waiting until January, at least officially, to say whether he's running for a second term. ...more

November 16, 2008

Now that the election is over, I am supporting my President-Elect, Barack Obama. I am an American first above any political party and Obama will become the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009. ...more

November 13, 2008

Barack Hussein Obama - won enough electoral votes to become president of the United States. ...more

November 6, 2008

SEBRING Humberto Ramirez's jubilation ended and sleep began around 12:30 Wednesday morning, shortly following president-elect Barack Obama's televised victory speech. ...more

November 6, 2008

His storied election behind him and weighty problems in his face, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to the task of building an administration in times of crisis as Americans and the world absorbed his history-shattering achievement as the first black leader ascending to the presidency. ...more

November 5, 2008