Obama's victory dominates papers

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Barack Obama's historic victory in the US presidential election dominates the day's newspapers.

The Times front page shows the Obama family striding onto the stage in Chicago, where the president-elect confirmed his victory.

The paper's US editor Gerard Baker says the vast numbers of Americans who voted were testimony to the excitement generated by the election.

He says it reflects their urgency to chart a new course for their country.

McCain's mistakes

A huge image of a smiling Barack Obama covers the front of the Independent, with the headline beneath reading simply, Mr President.

The Guardian's website takes a similar approach, with the headline that hails "President Obama".

The Daily Telegraph analyses where McCain went wrong in his bid for the White House.

It says that he was hindered by Sarah Palin, his running mate, who drove away independent voters.

Mr Obama is photographed on the front page of the Sun - over the headline "One Giant Leap for Mankind".

It says the election of an African goatherder's son to the most powerful office in the world is proof the American dream is alive and kicking.

High expectations

The Daily Express says up to 140 million people are thought to have voted in what it calls "the biggest US election of all time".

The thousands of excited US voters should put Britain to shame, it says.

The Independent's diplomatic editor Anne Penketh says the new president will be "hamstrung by expectations".

It says he must repair America's "bruised and battered" reputation.

Janet Daley writes in her blog on the Telegraph's website that "when the great deliverer fails to deliver" then this will cause problems for the US.

"The sense of betrayal may create divisions in American society that will be greater and deeper than any we have seen for a generation," she says.