Tied up with the killing, and those that follow, is the disappearance a year later of Wesley's pregnant sister, Junie, the only black woman in her law class at Harvard, whose childhood ambition is to become the first black person and the first woman to be elected president of the United States.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

If he defeats Obama in November, McCain, 72, will become the oldest person ever to be elected to a first term in the White House.

CNN: McCain: 'Fight with me'

Given the ANC's majority in the South African Parliament, that person has gone on to be elected president of the country.

WSJ: South Africa Probes Deputy President

Already the first person of Asian descent to be elected citywide in New York, Liu hopes to become its first Asian-American mayor.

WSJ: Republican Tom Allon drops out of NYC mayor's race

And especially means a lot for John McCain, given the fact that he's 71 years old, he would be - if elected, the oldest person ever elected to the White House.

NPR: Political Junkie: Three Weeks to Pennsylvania

It will be historic if she wins because she will be the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

By conventional standards, Romney is best positioned to be the nominee and to defeat Obama, and may be the only person in the top tier with a serious chance of being elected President.

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But, our elected leaders seem to be sitting by idly while the average person deals with sky-high prices at the pump.

FORBES: What Energy Policy?