On the shores of a new world

As the dark days of George W Bush slip away, the United States seems ready to embrace a new political age.

As the dark days of George W Bush slip away, the United States seems ready to embrace a new political age.

If the opinion polls are correct, the United States of America is only hours away from becoming Obamaland. It could be the moment when the Democrats, under America’s first black president, rule in the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The US may be on the cusp of the ...