Call to duty as public takes the centre stage in election

A POLITICAL battle built on an orgy of hyperbole ended yesterday in the quiet fulfillment of citizens’ civic duty.

The public had watched the 2008 election already secure a prominent place in history but it was now their time to decide what should be recorded.

And after spending the final months of his campaign trying reach across that divide Barack Obama spent most of yesterday among his own in his home city, Chicago.