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Whether you liked Sen. Hillary Clinton - and there is much to admire and like about her - or whether you supported Sen. Barack Obama, this has been a historic primary. A woman and an African American as our two final Democratic nominees. That's American history, folks. Considering the history of this nation, it's a moment whether Democrat or Republican, independent or Mountain Party, to reflect and take pride in where we are as a country. We are a nation of many, united by our Constitution, diverse as the patches of a quilt.
Sen. Barack Obama claimed the Democratic nomination for president in a speech in Minnesota tonight -- an historic achievement that for the first time will place an African American at the top of a major political party's ticket.
"Tonight I can stand here and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States," Obama declared in his speech to a raucous crowd at the Xcel Center in St. Paul.
Obama went on to praise his Democratic opponents as "the most talented, qualified field of individuals ever to run for this office" and saved special plaudits for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
He referred to Clinton as "a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight." Obama wasn't done. "Our party and our country are better off because of her, and I am a better candidate for having the honor to compete with Hillary Rodham Clinton," he said.
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