Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee for President! It's so exciting and historic! Finally, newspapers across the nation get to run all those "what does it mean that we have a black candidate" pieces they've been sitting on for months. In the interest of having something new to say about this campaign of a thousand cuts, we've compiled a gallery of newspaper front pages from around the nation (but mostly New York and DC). Check them out, along with our commentary and exclusive analysis, below.



The Times has two stories that have clearly been in the pipe for weeks now: what will he do about Hillary and OMG Black President! Also: note the placement of the Zimbabwe story, and chuckle to yourself as you recall when Hillary compared Obama to Robert Mugabe.



The New York Daily News admirably tries to explain that Obama is a "historic" candidate, but in tabloid terms "HISTORY!" generally means "loser."



The New York Post celebrates Barack Obama's victory by turning its logo a hideous shade of neon green. The color is too distracting for us to note anything else about this front page.



Haha kudos to the Wall Street Journal for just throwing the word "bitter" in there. They should've gone all out and just written "God damns America as Obama clinches nomination."



AM New York doesn't even care about the candidate, just the poor sad loser.



EL GANADOR!



Kudos to the Sun for making sure crazy old man McCain gets some attention today too!



"Keep up with Breaking History"?? Does "history" really "break"?



"What does Hillary want?" Also: the correct collective noun for superdelegates is "a pile."



Analysis: election to hinge on how McCain has experience and age.



And in USA Today, wacky photo placement has ol' Hillary Clinton smiling down on the Obama's from Heaven. Get her, she's givin out wings!



Taiwan's United Evening News. If American newspapers were laid out like this, print might not be dying. The Manga speech bubbles! What does it mean?



Finally — from El Pais in Uruguay (not the Spanish one) comes our favorite headline/photo combination: "El primer candidato negro." With accompanying photo of the mysterious all-black silhouette that just may be our next commander in chief.