Details of a post-election email written by Obama's half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, to family and friends have been leaked to the public. Maya wrote about the confusing range of emotiond she felt on the days surrounding the election when she had to deal with the death of her grandmother and her brother's historic presidential election. Maya turned down Obama's offer to be with him on election night but says in her email, "We've made a great choice, I assure you" about her brother's election. [Time]

Contact information for this author is not available.