TIRANA, Nov. 07 – Following a long and very expensive electoral campaign, U.S. President Barrack Obama was re-elected in the post for the next four years. He slightly margined his opponent Mitt Romney.
Albanians followed very closely all its development, a country they have always aspired to reach or resemble.
The U.S. embassy in Tirana gathered almost all politicians and the civic society to follow the results and the final speeches at Rogner hotel in capital Tirana. And it was a good, a very memorable lesson that came, especially to the country’s political class, less than a week after that from the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
If you love your country, you should always work, acknowledge, and fight for it, not against each-other.
That was a lesson said with actions and words from the two rival U.S. presidential candidates _ the winner and the loser.
Romney called Obama to concede and also made it in an appearance before supporters in Boston. Romney’s short concession was a gracious end note after a grueling campaign.
He wished the president’s family well and told subdued supporters in Boston: “I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader and so Ann and I join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation.”
Obama, on his side, also said that he would soon call Romney and work together for the country’s big issues.
Both Romney and Obama spoke of the need for unity and healing the nation’s partisan divide. Obama and Romney spent months highlighting their sharp divisions over the role of government in Americans’ lives, especially in bringing down the stubbornly high unemployment rate, reducing the $1 trillion-plus federal budget deficit and reducing a national debt that has crept above $16 trillion.
“At a time like this, we can’t risk partisan bickering,” Romney said after a campaign filled with it. “Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people’s work.”
House Speaker John Boehner spoke of a dual mandate, saying, “If there is a mandate, it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground and take steps together to help our economy grow and create jobs.”
Obama said he hoped to meet with Romney and discuss how they can work together. They may have battled fiercely, he said, “but it’s only because we love this country deeply.”
A nice lesson from the United States
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