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November
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- Will Clinton and Obama work well as a team?
- Bush Supports India
- "Obama wants blackberry and kids who do chores"
- Obama Begins Choosing War Cabinet
- Schwarzenegger Ends Gerrymandering!
- Don't Put Your Shirts Away Yet...
- Shop and Be Optimistic!
- Holiday Uh Oh! At the White House
- Zimbabwe refuses Carter
- Race, Religion, Eight
- Internet Activists Aren't Done With Involvement
- Finally!! Some money thrown to the consumers inste...
- Bush Pardons 14 and Commuted the Prison Sentences ...
- Obama Names His Economic Team
- gobble, gobble, gobble
- Better safe than sorry
- Obama's Communications Team
- Downsizing...? Downsizing?
- Obama's economic plan
- It's down, it's down, no wait it's up?
- ...and you would think they would be smarter, woul...
- Depressing News
- Change or simply more of the same?
- More on the bailout
- What are they thinking?
- Al-Qaida Scares Me...
- more information: continuation of the previous pro...
- To bail or not to bail? That is the question.
- Senator Stevens bites the dust
- What's your news IQ?
- Anger over the outcome of Prop 8 anyone?
- Anger over the outcome of Prop 8 anyone?
- for your entertainment :)
- Will Obama really emulate Lincoln?
- Obama and McCain: working together?
- Farewell to Illinois
- The Obama promises.
- On Affirmative Action
- Fireside Chats 2.0
- Keith Olbermann on Prop. 8
- Election Simulation Articulation (Open Thread)
- Racial profiling? Since when?
- What ever happened to priorities?
- Yay! It's Veterans Day
- The war on terror has gone way too far.
- Obama is already sitting down with an unpopular, a...
- Obama Making Good on Campaign Promises
- International Congrats
- Obama's Winning Demograhics!
- As the Election dies down, the economy troubles re...
- Prop Hat8? No, just 8
- What would the world be like if...
- Obama chooses Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff
- 106 year old woman.
- San Mateo County Info
- McCain's Concession Speech
- Obama Acceptance Speech
- Why Obama won.
- I don't mean to spam this blog but it's been diffi...
- And the winner is...
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- You call the election!!!
- Ohio--the deal breaker?
- Does anyone else find this whole horserace thing a...
- Election: 4pm Exit Polls
- The Latest Polls
- The Death Penalty
- Arizona, not Necessarily a Lock for McCain
- Some Serious Negative Campaining
- Record Turnout Predicted
- I'm Helping, Dontchaknow?
- A Losing Race?
- The Final Stretch
- Another GOP Robocall
- I Would Change My Vote To McCain Now That He Is En...
- England likes to blow up Sarah Palin's image
- Some Unwanted Press Coverage for Obama
- Some Last Minuete SNL Laughs Before The Election
- Follow Up To Obama's Advertisement
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21 comments:
OBAMA!!!! wow moving to hear people in new york all together chanting YES WE CAN, YES WE CAN. History has been made! man i wish i could have said i voted for obama.
Yes. And now we will have to wait and see if he can fix our nation and do what he promised to do. But I think he will be able to, especially since it seems like Democrats are winning lots of seats in the Senate too.
OBAMA WONNNNNNN!!!!! i'm so happy. it was like a 51-48 percent win. Obama got some really good swing states like ohio and florida.
YAHHH!!!!! OBAMA!!!! I'm watching Fox News right now and they are talking about his race. I'm glad race was not the reason Obama was held back or got elected. Like the Cosby's...they weren't seen as just black, they were seen as an American Family. Obama is the 44th AMERICAN president not just the first black president. I wish the best for him and I hope he can prove people wrong and be a great president. I am absolutely heated that I could not vote by the way. Does anyone know where we can see which props passed?
I definitely just texted 10 people about this 5 min ago; I was like glued to cnn. They all responded with crazy yaayyaywywy! type messages. hahah=)
I'm totally amazed that we're able to witness this--just so amazing. Also, people won't have to move to Canada like they said anymore, so that's good. =P America is ready for change. Here we go! =D
Obama won! It's a historic day! The 44th president is the first ever black president!! Woot!! I was amazed though. He won Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa. But still, he won!
~Kimiya Bahmanyar
OBAMA!!!! Yes we did!!! This is really a historical date. I have people in France calling me to hear the election results. American has come so far in such a short amount of time. A couple decades ago, african americans were still facing discrimination.
I'm SOOOOOO happy and exited!! I just hope Obama follows through!!!
John McCain looks a little teary eyed...
Good stuff. Obama wins with a pretty strong majority, even taking battleground states like Ohio, Florida and Virginia. It seems John McCain is now throwing his support behind Obama:
"I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face," - John McCain
Grats to Obama, the 44th president of the United States =)
Yay I'm so glad that today is the day that we can finally look at our past and realize how long of a way we've come. I just watched McCain's speech on cnn and I will admit, I felt a little bad, especially when he placed all the blame for losing on himself. I respect the speech he made, and I'm glad that he was able to get in a few words about unity of the American people, without party lines and without race. However, the boo's in the audience were a little unsettling. It makes me realize the reality of the situation. Though it seemed to me that practically everyone was an Obama supporter, I realize that California views are not shared by the entire country. I just hope that there aren't any serious racists or McCain fanatics that try to assasinate our president. That would be horrific.
YES WE DID! I am so proud to be an American tonight. This was truly an amazing and historic evening and I'm so glad the country has taken this path! I wish I could have voted though...
Now I need to focus on Props 4 and 8. Yikes!
GObama!
victory!
Well... the electoral votes won't officially be tallied/counted till way later but with these results and margin of victory I doubt there is going to be anything weird happening later on. We've come so far as a nation, especially if you consider our past... Today is a historic moment indeed.
Poor McCain... honestly I liked him better as a person. His Policies, no . But as a person. I feel bad for him... Tortured in Vietnam, probably his last bid for the presidency, etcetcetc. Ah well. :P
But anyways, Obama won. But what does it mean? Democrats are in control of many branches of government now. Is this the Coup de Grace for the GOP? If Obama pulls us out of the war and our economic problems get resolved sometimes in the next four years, I think this could mark the start of a long period of power being in the hands of the democratic party.
But whatever, who cares about analyzing his victory, he won! Lets see what changes this brings to our nation.
Amid cries for Obama, I questioned myself. I questioned my party, my political belief, and, most importantly, the fate of this country. Senator John McCain promised to not let me down and he didn't falter on his promise, not even tonight. I realized that it was my party, the party of Reagan, Bush, and Lincoln, that let me down. It saddened me to see Senator McCain concede the election to Senator Obama. It saddened me to see crowds of people cheering for a message of "Change", a blank and empty message. And it saddened to see the Republican Party on its knees.
To tell you the truth, I wasn't always like this. Four years ago, I was a bona fide liberal and an ardent supporter of the Democratic Party. Somehow during the last four years, I shifted from a young idealistic Democrat to a Republican with a strong belief in conservatism. If Nelson from four years ago was here today, he would have cheered and smiled at Obama's victory tonight. Instead, I cast doubt on the future of my party.
Tonight is the tonight that the contract with America was broken. Tonight is the night that America spoke. Tonight is the night that I give Obama a chance to earn my trust. Aside from party lines, I sincerely hope that Obama would be a great president. If Obama is as good as everyone think he is, then Nelson from four years ago might very well return.
oh man...
Nelson, that was deep.
To comment about the boo's that came up during McCain's speech when he brought up Obama, I noticed that almost none of Obama's supporters boo'ed. I actually heard some of them cheer. I just thought that was pretty interesting, especially since there were more people at Obama's speech than at McCain's speech, I think.
Barack Obama is the new President. 21 months of fighting and he has succeeded. Look how far we have come, we have overcome racism. We would never have foreseen a president of color. We have seen our country unite and we see in Obama the change we can believe in. It will be a long hard road but I am pleased to watch Obama guide us in this battle. The story about the 106 year old woman was a very moving part of his speech and I am really proud of our country and how far we have come. Congratulations Obama, and McCain.
At 10:00pm, the count is 338 Obama and 156 McCain. Popular vote is approximately 51.5mil for Obama and 48.5 for McCain.
I'm really excited that Obama won, but the fight is far from over. Obama winning just signifies that we are going on the (hopefully) right path towards becoming a better country with better living conditions for all. I hope that Obama uses his "honeymoon" period to pump out his plans for a better America. I would love to see us get out of this economic slump. The economy right now affects me greatly as a student, citizen, and worker under a small business company.
The house was already demo, so we don't have to worry about that. it's also great that we didn't have something like that '00 election situation with florida or the '04 situation in ohio.
top 3 things to worry about:
1) what Obama will do for America right here, right now
2) will Obama set up us right for the future (which means he can't screw up now)
3) safety of Obama (i know, i don't want to be pessimistic, but face it, it's a horrible possibility)
p.s. i don't care about speeches about old ppl, they don't matter to me... yet.
First of all, OBAMA!!!!!!!
Second of all, I am very proud to be an American tonight. I can go to Europe and not be ashamed to be of the land of Bush. However, with the greatness of tonight's victory, I hope that moderation prevails. History shows that presidents that go too far to the left or right lose Congress in the midterms and I hope that doesn't happen.
I am also very concerned about Prop 8. If that passes (which I don't think it will as the current results don't count much of the coastal part of the state), we will have legalized discrimination and hate.
Finally, I got to celebrate tonight at Rep. Jackie Speier's headquarters (where she also won reelection!). The response was amazing--Obama truly has a mandate from the American people. I trust him to use it wisely as we leave the dark age of Bush.
wow scott, that's impressive. i wanna go there :) .
about prop 8, it's only a title. while it's true that it is discrimination to an extent, it isn't even close to hate (well, i don't think the majority of the most liberal state in the US would hate gay people). [for more talk, go to the other thread regarding prop 4 and 8]
about what you said on going too far left or right, i do agree with you. obama and the rest of the (his)government seems to be pretty set on the democratic path. perhaps there will be some sort of republican appointment made by Obama to show he isn't purely all democratic and that he'll do whatever is best for the US and not for his party.
I meant to blog last night, but I was way too exhausted after working the polls all day. I am definitely not surprised Obama won. At the beginning of the night, when the popular vote had a really small margin, I was surprised. I didn't think McCain would get that many votes. Then again, we live in a liberal state that makes me feel like the whole country is pro-Obama. The electoral votes, on the other hand, had a way larger margin between the two candidates. Obama won by a landslide, as I thought he would. Too bad... I'm probably the only Republican blogging here, but I think McCain could have done a good job. It just wasn't the best time for him to run, especially when Bush gave Republicans a bad name and the economy is doing poorly. Americans really do crave change and hopefully Obama will be true to his word and bring that about. I may not have been an Obama supporter, but I do admit, he gave an amazing speech last night, and he could turn out to be a great President. I think regardless of who we wanted to win, we should stick behind him as he is the new president of our country. I hope he can fix what has went wrong in America these past few years!
Congratulations Mr. Obama. I know that you are a very intelligent person but I hope that you use your intelligence the right way. Steer this country in the right direction and make our American dreams come true.
I am still really excited that he won. :] YES!
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