Barack Obama takes over from George Bush on January 20th 2009 as the Republicans leave the White House for the first time in eight years.

His transition chief John Podesta told Fox News many of the Bush administration’s policies would be overturned without recourse to Congress through executive orders.
Throughout his presidency, Bush has broadly used his executive authority to put his stamp on a range of hot-button policy issues.
Funding for stem cell research and oil drilling permits are among the measures expected to be evaluated.
Offices within the White House are preparing …

Here’s the list of some interesting facts about Barack Obama…

The guy isn’t even sworn into office yet but people on Facebook are calling for his resignation.

“Impeach Barack Obama” group has attracted more than 4,000 members and a lively debate about the Democrat’s election victory on Tuesday over Republican John McCain.

Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States and first African-American to hold the nation’s highest office.
At 11:15 EST Sen. John McCain delivered his concession speech in with his wife Cindy and running mate Sarah Palin by his side.
“I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face,” McCain said before his supporters in Phoenix, Arizona.
Obama thanked McCain for his graciousness and said he had waged a tough race.
The 47-year-old Democratic senator from Illinois sealed …

Designers now are turning to the US election for inspiration. At Paris Fashion Week this month, French designer…

Two skinheads, both white supremacists, hoped Obama’s assassination would be the grand finale to one of the worst massacres in US history.

A neo-Nazi plot to assassinate Barack Obama and hurt 102 black people has been discovered by U.S. government agents days before the U.S. presidential election.

Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, were arrested in Tennessee on Wednesday and charged with possession of firearms, threats against a presidential candidate running and conspiring to rob a gun store, the Department of Justice said.

Who will win the west?
Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico are the three Western States that could be crucial on November 4th.
Both John McCain and Barack Obama spent the second-to-last weekend before the general election in these battleground states west of Mississippi. Any of them could help shape who wins the presidency.
Can McCain make a comeback?
A Newsweek poll of registered voters showed Obama with 53 percent to McCain’s 40 percent. The survey found Obama leading in every age group and among men as well as women, and even holding a slim …

Will Smith would be movie fans’ top pick to play Barack Obama in his biopic, according to a new survey.
The actor topped the poll by Virgin Media asking who would be most likely to play Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the big screen about his life.
Will Smith acquired the highest votes in the survey. Denzel Washington came second while Gary Coleman and Jamie Foxx tied for the third spot.
Will Smith has played Muhammad Ali, the last person on earth and a boozy superhero so why not play Obama?
The senator …

Sister Cecilia Gaudette, a 106-year-old American nun has notified BBC that she will be voting for Barack Obama.

According to Billboard.com the Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin Oct. 28 in Richmond, Virginia. Shows are also set for Nov. 1 in St. Paul Minnesota, and Nov. 2 in Milwaukee.
“This election is too important to stay at home,” adding that it is endorsing Barack Obama for president. “We hope that you can come out, have a nice night, dance, sing, get your freak on, and then wake up the …

According to CNN’s latest poll, Barack Obama is widening his lead over John McCain in the race for the White House.
Fifty-three percent of likely voters questioned in the poll say they are supporting Obama for president, with 45 percent supporting McCain.
President Bush may be part of the reason why Obama’s making gains. Only 24 percent of those polled approve of Bush’s job as president, an all-time low for a CNN survey.
And that’s bad news for McCain, because the poll suggests a growing number of Americans believe the Republican presidential nominee …