And so America has chosen Barack Obama as our next chief executive. Now it can truly be said that every young American can dream of growing up to someday become President of the United States. The Examiner offers its sincere congratulations and best wishes to President-elect Obama. There is no time to waste in bringing the country together, so it is vitally important he act wisely and prudently between now and his inauguration if he is to become leader of the nation, not just a partisan political leader.

The time for partisanship is past. President-elect Obama faces challenges that in many respects are among the most difficult in American history. We take him at his word since the Democratic convention that he genuinely wants to move beyond the toxic political rhetoric that soured so many Americans and to unify America. To that end, we encourage President-elect Obama to take these three important first steps towards unifying Americans: