President Obama was elected a couple of days ago. Today symbolizes the new era, the beginning of the transition between the incoming administration and the outgoing administration until the inauguration day on the 20th of January, 2009. Meanwhile, President Obama is consulting with people to build his new cabinet. People are speculating, many names are circulating, from Bill Clinton loyalists such as Rahm Emanuel to the very respected Republican Colin Powell. In his speeches, Barack Obama promised to cross the party barriers to constitute his administration. As the Bayaka of Congo say, “When you barbecue an elephant, every person in the village gets a piece of meat.”

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