Post here what you were doing when Obama was announced the winner

[LynneSin]

I was at Finnegan's Wake in Philly, where one of the major afterparties was happening. We all counted down the seconds until they announced the winners of the western state. But instead of announcing who won what state CNN announced that Barack was President-elect

[PermanentRevolution]

1. Posting here

:evilgrin:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. Cheering with thousands of people in Times Square.

[lcdnumber6]

3. at Millenium Park in Chi-town

I couldn't believe my eyes. I can't believe this night,how wonderful it is.

[blonndee]

4. I was at a small watch party with our rag-tag group of volunteers down here in rural SE New Mexico.

We live in one of the most red, oil-soaked areas of NM and it has not always been a friendly experience, but DAYUM! It has been worth every single minute.

[Frank Booth]

5. Reading Democratic Underground, watching CNN, and spilling beer on my living room

carpet.

[regnaD kciN]

32. Nice Astérix avatar...!

:thumbsup:

[ezgoingrl]

6. Glued to the tv

in my living room surrounded by my family. We cried, every one of us.

[eridani]

7. Reconciling our AccuVote tallies with our ballot signouts as a pollworker

Everything checked out 100% after a very long day.

[dorktv]

16. Thank you.

[LiberalHeart]

8. DUing and watching TV.

[silverojo]

15. Same here!

Then I got up and did a helluva lot of dancing. :)

[Webster Green]

9. Shutting down and packing up a polling place in California..

I run one of the local precincts. One of my clerks was getting text messages keeping us up to date on the electoral votes. All five of us poll workers were dems, and our polls had closed, so we could celebrate a little bit at the precinct as we packed up and did the count. :patriot:

[ROh70]

10. watching at home on t.v.

I ran into the bedroom to tell my wife, who had gone to bed (early commute). I wanted to celebrate, but she had other things on her mind (sleeping), and she shooed me away. I'll celebrate with her tomorrow. I'll watch the acceptance speech with her tomorrow night.

[Rocknrule]

11. At a party at a local bar

We were all watching TV when suddenly there was a huge roar of applause as CNN announced Obama as president. The few McCain supporters there were in near-tears.

[thoughtcrime1984]

12. With nearly 1000 Dems in Eau Claire County

Gathered together to watch all the elections. Obama, and both of our State Assemblypersons won, so excited!! I am buying both a US and state flag tomorrow!

[PseudoIntellect]

13. I was having an election gathering in my dorm room :)

watching CNN

[dorktv]

14. Typing "Barack Obama Wins the Presidency" on a friend's blog.

[abumbyanyothername]

17. At home watching CNN

getting ready to head out to the LA Volunteers Victory Party!

When we got there it was so crowded that we were told we would never be able to get in. We went down to the underground garage, and crowded up to the door. As people left (! for what possible reason?) the exact same number of people were allowed in. We were practically the last ones in before Obama began his speech.

It was my wife's first political victory party.

[regnaD kciN]

18. Just sitting down after going through the buffet line...

...at the WA 5th LD Election Party. On MSNBC, there was a "countdown clock" for the closing of the west coast polls and, as the seconds ticked down, of course all of us Washingtonians joined in the count. As the clock reached 00:00, the screen was flipped to a photo of Obama with the simple text "PRESIDENT" as the anchor (David Gregory) announced that, with the addition of the seventy-three west coast votes called immediately as the polls closed, MSNBC was projecting Obama the winner. Needless to say, I was back on my feet again in seconds, and it was pandemonium in the room for several minutes, as MSNBC wordlessly showed us crowds throughout the U.S. celebrating.

There are two moments I will never forget from this decade: the Red Sox winning the '04 Series, and Obama being announced as our 44th President. The feeling was the same each time.

[ginnyinWI]

19. Sitting with eyes on MSNBC, then went to the fridge,

got out our bottle of champagne and popped it--toasts all around!

Then called our daughter in Minneapolis who was at a bar with her husband and a bunch of friends and they were all jumping up and down!

[VolcanoJen]

33. Popped my champagne when they announced Ohio for Obama

C'mon, everybody knew that was the tipping point. And of course, I'm a proud Ohioan. :-)

[eleny]

20. It's a blur!

I can't even remember if we were finished eating a late supper or what. All I know is that hubby and I got choked up here - we are at home tonight.

The way they did it was great. All at once the west brought it to us. Coast to coast Americans did it.

[regnaD kciN]

35. It was great the way they announced it...

...as I noted above, because, for us Washington Democrats, it was like our state put Obama over the top -- and people from Oregon and California could feel the same way.

[Flaxbee]

21. My husband and I were driving home from Asheville, NC

and he'd stopped so I could grab an Obama/Biden sign from the green space dividing the east/west road. Our local Obama office had run out of them.

My husband stopped the car, and they were still talking about states coming in; when I got back in the car, they called it for Obama.

[Sunnyshine]

22. This is what happened in my little corner of Southwest Ohio...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=172&topic_id=25237&mesg_id=25237

[Raine]

23. DUing and watching the TV

here in CA and the second the polls closed here Barack was declared the WINNER!!!!!!! :bounce:

[cutlassmama]

24. watching CNN

[XOKCowboy]

25. Working dammit!!!!!

Found out that my 11 hr day was really a 15 hr day about noon. I had spotty campaign coverage while working but when I got in the truck to load out I turned on our local Progressive radio station and they went almost immediately to McCain's concession speech. I had to listen to Obama's acceptance speech on the radio on the way home. I got home right at the end of the speech.

It's OK though. It's enough that we won.

Yes We Can.

[briv1016]

26. My roommates did a countdown for the western state closings

and it ended up being a countdown till the Obama era.

[Bippity Boo]

27. In the bathroom...

I was on my way up to the upstairs TV to join my family and had to pee so I ended up missing the initial announcement. Got to see the reactions from the crowds and Obama's speech, tho, so it's all good.

[susanna]

28. It was weird for me...

i.e., I was waiting for California to be called on CNN at 11pm ET, and instead saw Barack Obama being projected as the President-Elect. WTF?!

So - I was reclining on the couch with a big 'ol sinus infection debating whether to have a beer and relax. The pronouncement took me by surprise, though I really knew deep down that McCain could not conceivably win at that point...I blame a raging case of PTSD from the last two presidential elections, always thinking "it's only over when it's over."

But I watched the resulting festivities with great pride and joy. And I will remember it forever. So yay!

[SeattleGirl]

29. On the phone with my daughter, chanting "YES WE DID!"

with her! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[bumblebee1]

30. I was at work.

Heck, one of the ladies I work with was quite giddy about it. It was quite wonderful to see.

[NWPatriot]

31. I was popping back and forth between NBC and CNN

I watch the countdown to the West Coast numbers. When 8:00pm struck, I was expecting the CNN election logo. I did NOT expect the "BREAKING NEWS" screen. In that split second, I knew. Sure enough, a split second later, there was Wolf B. standing in front of their big wallscreen with the words "Projection: Barack Obama Wins". I yelled out "He did it!".

[Zombie2]

34. I was eating chili at home..... n/t

[greenbriar]

36. In my living room getting ready to pop the cork on the Austi Spumante

was just waiting for the calling of California

[arcos]

37. I was right at my computer... and I knew it was coming...

I wasn't expeting to see "PRESIDENT ELECT" right out of the commercial break though...

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[raventattoo]

38. Dishing out my late dinner

that my partner brought home from Pei Wei. Watching the TV. And although I had known for well over an hour that Obama was president-elect since Pennsylvania and Ohio had been announced, I stopped what I was doing, yelled out, ran closer to the TV and cried knowing I was witness to a great historic moment.

[raventattoo]

39. Dishing out my late dinner

that my partner brought home from Pei Wei. Watching the TV. And although I had known for well over an hour that Obama was president-elect since Pennsylvania and Ohio had been announced, I stopped what I was doing, yelled out, ran closer to the TV and cried knowing I was witness to a great historic moment.

[Joe Bacon]

40. Crying!

40 years ago, I was at the Ambassador Hotel when Bobby was murdered. I'm only a few blocks from where the Ambassador was. Now it's been raised and a school is being built. I shed a lot of tears over the years as I walked along Wilshire blvd thinking of what might have been and I almost lost hope that all was lost.

Tonight, for the first time in 40 years, I have hope again!

[drumwolf]

41. At home with my roommates, with both the TV and Internet going

But I already knew Obama would win an hour before that, when I was on the campus of City College in San Francisco where I had a class. Someone had a laptop with an Internet connection, and I saw that Obama had 207 EV's not counting California and Washington. Those two states combined have 66 EV's.

EDIT: Even before it became official, I texted my friends saying "Election is pretty much over. Obama will be our next prez."

[donheld]

42. I was in the ballroom of the Sheraton Hotel

In downtown Denver along with thousands of others.
PANDEMONIUM!

[goodgd_yall]

43. At home watching CNN

I was on my way to walking back to my computer to check more election results.

[falcon97]

44. Watching college football....

I had declared Obama the winner when PA and OH were called, with FL in good shape. So I missed the nets doing it.

[expatriate]

45. At work, polishing a silver necklace that I'd just

finished hammering into shape. Being on the other side of the world puts you in the middle of a work day for American elections!

However, I did manage to let out a Rebel Yell that made the other denizens of the building know that Obama had won!

Good thing I own the business, eh?

[opstachuck]

46. standing in times square, smiling, shouting. n/t

[Duer 157099]

47. Eating pizza with my son, watching MSNBC

Couldn't have been a sweeter moment!!!

[snake in the grass]

48. Driving back from Starbucks...

...after picking up my free coffee for voting. I've never been to Starbucks before as I don't care for the image. In Europe you get great coffee everywhere (even McDonald's), not like the brown water in the U.S. I was listening to the radio, wondering how long it would take for McCain to concede or whether we would have a repeat of 2000, when the announcer said it was over. It went quite quickly, actually, and I was stunned for a minute or two. By the time I reach my driveway, the burden of the last 8 years was gone from my shoulders...and I was smiling.

[Naturyl]

49. Talking on the phone with a friend

Who remembered how depressed I was after 2004 and called to share the good spirits.

[spiritsong13]

50. I was downstairs at my friend's place.

We were smoking a bowl and gave it a big high five and a celebration bowl toast.:hippie: :smoke:

[political_Dem]

51. Crying my eyes out, watching the results and hugging my mother.

Also celebrating with relatives and talking to more relatives on the phone. :)

[slutticus]

52. I was drinking sake at Corkage at Divisadero and Fulton.

I heard the honking and such out on the street...........And I ran home to get my bottle rockets.

[nemo137]

53. Livingroom with the housemates, yelling at Luke for being cocky

and prematurely opening the champagne, when my friend Catherine calls from Milwaukee yelling "He got it! Won!"

[mythyc]

54. I was with my college class. We watched the announcement come in and

other students hearing it from the hall came running in and everyone was cheering and celebrating. One of the most special moments of my life. I was considering giving them the night off, but my students actually asked if we could watch the results together, and they made me so proud :) They are our future people, and change is here

:patriot:

[BklynChick]

55. in my apt in bklyn about the pop the bubbly, waiting for Keith to say those magic words

[Window]

56. I had fallen asleep, but the firecrackers and telephone woke me up.

Darn it. But, I do have it on tape.

[lady raven]

57. I was just leaving the Oklahoma Democratic Party's watch party.

It was super crowded and loud and it was SO much fun, but I knew that I had to leave if I wanted to have a prayer of hearing the speech. We heard a HUGE cheer go up in the ballroom and turned on the car radio as soon as we got in and heard that they had just called the election. We screamed and honked and acted like total idiots all the way to our hotel, where we arrived just 3 minutes before the speech.

Whew.