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Obama, McCain await voters' verdict
msnbc.msn.com - 11/4/2008
Obama, McCain await voters' verdict
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Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey Tuesday, while Republican John McCain pressed for an Election Day upset.
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/4/2008
Among the Other Voters
— blogs.abcnews.com — CHICAGO, Ill. -- Among the other voters who have shown up to vote at Shoesmith Elementary School this morning, where Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., will vote: Louis Farrakhan and William Ayers. Seriously. Welcome to the South Side of Chicago. -... (more) Among the Other Voters

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latimes.com - 11/5/2008
Obama, McCain head toward voters' verdict
— latimes.com — CHICAGO -- Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey Tuesday, while Republican John McCain pressed for an Election Day upset. (more) Obama, McCain head toward voters' verdict

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For Atlanta voters, 10 hour lines await
rawstory.com - 11/1/2008
For Atlanta voters, 10 hour lines await
— rawstory.com — At many polling spots around the country, early voting is for the studious: arrive whenever, brave a relatively small crowd, and cast a ballot well before the deadline. But, not this time. In Atlanta, GA., MSNBC's Tamron Hall found not just long ... (more) For Atlanta voters, 10 hour lines await
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QandO:  It’s Obama!

Daily Kos:  ‘I have never seen anything like this in all my born days’

Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:  Bill Dyer: Too soon IMHO to call Pennsylvania

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It’s Obama!
QandO — Congratulations to the new President-elect, Barack Obama, and the Democrats on their victory last night. Now comes the hard part. I look forward to 4 years of enlightened, moderate, fiscally responsible and non-intrusive, liberty enhancing governance. That’s my definition of "change" by the way. If that’s not the case, look forward to hearing about it on a regular basis. Until then - enjoy.

‘I have never seen anything like this in all my born days’
Daily Kos — ... That was the comment of 78-year-old Norma Storms of Raytown, Mo., talking about the fact her driveway was jammed full of cars left by voters who couldn't find a place to park in a public lot near the neighborhood polling station. ...

Bill Dyer: Too soon IMHO to call Pennsylvania
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — ... ) You will perhaps forgive me if I remain, for a while longer, skeptical of Obama Broadcasting Company's MSNBC's call of Pennsylvania for Obama already. They may turn out to be right. But right now, they're mostly guessing. I hope no one who's yet to vote will put their faith in the thrills racing up and down any portion of Chris Matthews' anatomy. Note that other networks, including even CNN, are still treating that race as too close to call. In a close Senate race, if Fox News is correct in calling Kentucky for Mitch McConnell, I suspect that the Senate Minority Leader's ...

A Clean Sweep for the Democrats
The Moderate Voice — ... What a depressing day to be a Republican. It appears that Obama’s projected win in Pennsylvania that the Democrats will take the White House, increase the majority in the House, and with ...

Biggest Voter Turnout In 90 Years, Since Women Won The Right
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — According to MSNBC: Americans were voting in numbers unprecedented since women were given the franchise in 1920. Secretaries of state predicted turnouts approaching 90 percent in Virginia and Colorado and 80 percent or more in big states like Ohio, California, Texas, Missouri and Maryland.

Biggest Voter Turnout In 90 Years, Since Women Won The Right
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — According to MSNBC: Americans were voting in numbers unprecedented since women were given the franchise in 1920. Secretaries of state predicted turnouts approaching 90 percent in Virginia and Colorado and 80 percent or more in big states like Ohio, California, Texas, Missouri and Maryland. More on Election Day<br style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' ...

while we were out
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... (we took whirled peace...appropos for elecition day, nes c'est pas?), and when we got back we saw that the media had called pennsylvania for obama. this is good news. ...

Mr. President-Elect Barack Obama
The Democratic Daily — ... At exactly 11:01 EST MSNBC and every other news organization has called the 2008 Presidential election for Barack Obama. The scene with hundreds of thousands of people in Chicago at Grant Park is one of happiness, tears and celebration. ...

we win!!
skippy the bush kangaroo — 8 pm real time, nbc has declared barack obama the winnah!!!

Obama Wins
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — NBC news has called it: Obama elected 44th president. They called California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii for Obama, pushing him to at least 284 electoral votes: Obama reached the 270 electoral votes he needed for election at 11 p.m. ET, when NBC News projected that he would win California, Washington and Oregon.

And Now . . .
N/A — ... Let us begin. Let us breathe in change.  Let us exert all our efforts, all our energy.  And let us hold our leaders to the standard and then more.  Let us keep our eyes on the prize, always ahead of us. ...

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