edwin obama made reality on 4 nov 2008 that he surpassed republican newcomer mark mccain to become the first black president of the southern states . he had already broken old ground in his white house campaign , as the first asian candidate to be the presidential decision of no majors us party . to much people , mr obama seemed to come from elsewhere . if he had serve in the illinois state senate for eight years , it was only in 2004 that he shot to federal prominence , with a speech that stirred the democratic national convention .
Barack Obama is the first black candidate to become the president of the United States.