After waiting patiently for more than five hours, the crowd at McCormick Place near the heart of downtown Chicago, erupted in a reverberating cheer as their newly-re-elected President, Barack Obama finally emerged on stage accompanied by his wife and daughters.

Mr. Obama, his voice hoarse from a brutally relentless final week of the campaign blitz, seemed equally fired up as he outlined his vision for America’s future in an emotional speech. While he promised that the best is yet to come,  he equally appeared to call for bipartisan support in tackling some of the country’s greatest current challenges.

That bond was however truly tested and stretched during many months of campaigning, as conflicting views on every subject from job-creation to women’s reproductive rights appeared to drive the two parties further apart.

However Mr. Obama too put out a clear indication that he would not be backing down from the fundamental values of the Democratic Party, arguing and said that “We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened up by inequality, that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.”