LadyGodiva Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Obama got florida AND ohio!!! oh goodness, classes are going to be crazy tomorrow =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika-fan1001 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 ummmmm glad you are all excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine931 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!! OBAMA IS PRESIDENT !!!!!!!! I'm from Québec but American politics have a huge impact on us and we've been following the campaign closely. We were all rooting for Obama and I, for one, couldn't be happier that he is elected president !!!! THIS IS AN HISTORIC MOMENT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) Barack Obama Wins the Presidency Illinois Sen. Barack Obama completed a rapid rise to the top of American politics tonight, defeating Arizona Sen. John McCain to become the 44th president of the United States. Obama's victory was both broad and deep; he won hotly contested states in every corner of the country from New Hampshire in the Northeast, and likely Virginia in the South to Ohio in the Midwest and New Mexico in the West. The win also marked a re-ordering of the political map as Obama ran surprisingly well in a series of states -- Virginia, North Carolina and Indiana to name three -- long considered to be Republican strongholds at the presidential level. In broadening the electoral map, Obama made good on a pledge from early in his campaign to break the traditional red state/blue state divide into which the country had been split since the closely contested presidential election of 2000. Early indications were that the senator from Illinois would enjoy significantly larger margins in the House and Senate as well. Senate Democrats picked up four seats early in the night -- North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia and New Mexico -- and seemed likely to claim victories in Colorado and Oregon as well. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) narrowly held on in a tough race against Democrat Bruce Lunsford while appointed Sen. Roger Wicker ® appeared likely to hold his seat in Mississippi. Those two Republicans wins are likely to keep Democrats from winning the 60 seats in the Senate that would allow them to break Republican filibusters. On the House side, Florida was an early center of action with three incumbents -- two Republicans and one Democrat -- losing. The Democratic domination in the Northeast was furthered by Jim Himes' victory over Republican Rep. Chris Shays, and two easy open seat victories in New York. But the story of the night was clearly Obama, the first African American nominee of either party and now the first black man to be elected president of the United States. The keys to Obama's victory are myriad but two factors stand out: the remarkable unpopularity of President George W. Bush and the Democratic nominee's massive fundraising edge. In the national exit poll, just 27 percent of those surveys approved of the job Bush had done as president while roughly three times that number disapproved. While McCain did his best to separate himself from the tarnished Bush brand, exit polling in key states showed he had not done enough. In Pennsylvania, more than half of all voters said McCain would be a continuation of Bush policies and that bloc went for Obama by a 90 percent to 10 percent margin. Obama's massive financial edge is the other critical factor that stands out when analyzing his victory. Obama opted out of the public financing system early in the summer and by September and October it was clear he had made the right political choice -- outspending McCain on television at a three- and four-to-one clip in key battleground states. Obama's financial edge also guaranteed him a large and effective ground operation, a turnout effort that proved crucial to his narrow margins in some of these swing states. Much will be said and written of this race in the days, weeks, months and years to come. But, what is clear tonight is that the man and the moment have met. Barack Obama is the next president of the United States. Edited November 5, 2008 by A. Clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonita Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 McCain is conceeding right now... this is SWEET!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonjourMika1990 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 I'M SO HAPPY:tears: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika-fan1001 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 tomorrow is going to suck. all of my friends argue w/ all this political crap, and half the time they dont know what theyre talking about! i think im going to hang out w/ some other ppl tomorrow at lunch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonjourMika1990 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 aww sarah palin looks really sad... sorry lady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstar Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 YES WE CAN :yay::yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonjourMika1990 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 YES WE CAN :yay::yay: YES WE DID!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonita Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 YES WE CAN :yay::yay: you bet we can ! we did!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonjourMika1990 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 LOL turn on cnn!!! i see so many of my liberal classmates there haahaaa!!!!! they camped out damn it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika-fan1001 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 i personally would have voted for Peter Griffin if i could vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonita Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 LOL turn on cnn!!! i see so many of my liberal classmates there haahaaa!!!!! they camped out damn it!!! where are you? aren't you in the city? there is no other place to be tonight! this is like Times Square on New Year's Eve, baby!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lollipop Love Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 congrats to all of you MFCers friends, Americans or not that support Obama! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonjourMika1990 Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 where are you?aren't you in the city? there is no other place to be tonight! this is like Times Square on New Year's Eve, baby!! I'm at my sister's apartment, it was too crazy down there by the loop man! but oh god I'll never forget this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonita Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I'm at my sister's apartment, it was too crazy down there by the loop man! but oh god I'll never forget this! we were here tonight! this is IT!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKateisaKate Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I've been running a commentary by IM with my friend at Tufts (I'm home in CT). She had 12 computers in her room with MSNBC on (haha), and I covered CNN. This is unreal. My first thought at 11 PM was that I could fel the world SPINNING. I can't wait for him to come out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonita Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Oh, yeah! I had my bottle of sparkling cider ready at 9 pm, I could feel it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstar Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 we were here tonight!this is IT!!!!!!! oh my goodness. i still can't believe it. OBAMA 2008------ YAY!!!!!!!!! FINALLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonita Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 they're playing signed, sealed, delivered! he's close! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
englishrose Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I am so relieved. I nearly cried and I'm not even American. Plus we had Bailey's to celebrate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Poor Nadar. He tries so hard. I know. He's ran, like, every election since 1824. Today when I voted, there was a little LITTLE part of me that wanted to vote for him, just for kicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kata Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Thank you America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaza! Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I'm so proud, I'm not even American! This is an amazing historic moment.. Heartbreaking that his grandmother died just a day before seeing him become the first black president of America but I'm sure she is smiling and crying from heaven. I pray for him to be protected and safe I really do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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