The 2008 race for the presidency was a groundbreaking one. On Feb 10th, 2007 Barack Hussein Obama II announced his candidacy for President of the United States. Throughout the 2008 campaign, Barack Obama emphasized the issues of the Iraq War ending, energy independence, and universal health care.
Barack Obama`s was the first African American to run for President. And this was not the only first, Hillary Clinton was the first woman to run for the Presidency. On June 3rd, Obama became the Democratic Presidential Nominee and on August 23, 2008, he appointed Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate.
On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama defeated John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, with 365 electoral vots to McCain`s 173. He had 53% of the popular vote. With this victory, he became the first African American to be elected President of the United States. In his victory speech, Obama proclaimed that 'change has come to America.' Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States at noon EST on January 20, 2009.
This was one of the biggest politician campaigns ever, and has sparked a slew of Barack Obama Campaign Memorabilia. Anything from Barack Obama campaign buttons, to Barack Obama t-shirts, to pictures, and Obama books. People are buying this memorabilia with pride to wonderment. The more valuable this are not marketed as collectables, they are the things that were real campaign items, such as buttons, bumper stickers, and Barack Obama t-shirts from the actual campaign.