Only in America with its inherent contradictions and flaws could a black President have been elected. The belief in the American Dream lives on and America is still truly the land of opportunity. A female President is merely a question of timing.
There are three things to consider with Obama's victory:-
1. He is NOT the Messiah and problems will not simply disappear with his election. He is hamstrung by the enormous cost of the 'War on Terror' and unless he can find a way to end these wars, his domestic policies will be limited by finance. To compensate, Obama will need the 21st century equivalent of Roosevelt's 'Brain's Trust' - a body of the good and the great in America that can provide innovative but largely cheap solutions to America's economic woes.
2. Race politics is dead! Obama could not have achieved his victory without the vote of white Americans and they have bought into his message of consensual politics. Black Americans can no longer afford to be bitter or divided over issues of race, particularly over the issue of slavery. Obama's Presidential victory has 'wiped the slate clean' and Obama himself has railed against the excuses used by black Americans to explain away poverty and under-achievement. Anybody who thinks this is naive is a Jacksonnite of the worst kind and does not truly understand Obama's stance on race relations. Now is the time to hold out an olive brance and build a broad church of consensual politics irrespective of race, religion or background. Juts think about this; 30 years ago America was segregated along racial lines. Now a black president has been ellected. Martin Luther King Jr will be smiling in his grave!
3. Obama is NOT a Communist! He and the Democratic Party are centre right in a way that people outside America do not truly understand. Obama is a conservative with a small c and will focus on domestic and foreign policies that will benefit America.