Change most could believe in

News of the Year | Barack Obama revived religious themes and overtook veterans on the road to the White House | Jamie Dean

Associated Press/Photo by David Guttenfelder

When President-elect Barack Obama met an exultant crowd of some 240,000 supporters in Chicago's Grant Park on election night, the victor's voice was clear but solemn: "Change has come to America."

Indeed, America had changed since a January night 10 months earlier when an overjoyed Obama strained to shout above the 3,200 supporters gathered in downtown Des Moines to celebrate the candidate's surprise victory in the Iowa state caucuses. With a hoarse voice and a huge smile, Obama told the crowd: "They said this day would never come."

Across town, a jubilant Mike Huckabee had similar words for Republicans: The former Arkansas governor unexpectedly won the GOP contest in Iowa despite Republican Mitt Romney outspending the candidate nearly 15 to 1. Huckabee told a rowdy crowd they proved that "people are more important than the purse."

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