OK, so where were you last night?

[Brigid]

I was in restaurant across the street from local Obama headquarters. I'd say there were about 150 or so there. The owner closed the restaurant, a local institution, to normal business and we partied. We made the local news, of couse. It was great. There were a number of African-Americans there. When it became clear that Obama was our winner, we whites cherred and jumped around and all that. All the African-Americans had tears in their eyes. One of them, a gentlemen in his forties I guess, could not stop crying. It was an unforgettable scene. This in (formerly) deep-red Indiana, which Obama won last night too.

[Jed Dilligan]

1. At the Radisson hotel with about 1000 other supporters.

It was all kind of a blur... I remember lots of dancing and strangers hugging strangers. I got pretty trashed. I promised myself I would work today, but it's almost four and I'm still useless!

[bridgit]

2. Home, watching results...

:)

[msallied]

3. I was here, in front of my computer.

Streaming MSNBC and using CNN's and NYTs electoral maps. :)

[demnan]

4. Sick at home in bed

I just got through my volunteer duties at the polls for Obama and headed home before I crashed - had a 24 hour bug. I'm feeling better now but missed not being on line last night with you guys.

[Brigid]

7. Oh, Man!

What a time to get a bug! Glad you're feeling better. :hug:

[catgirl]

20. Thanks for your hard work!

Glad you're feeling better and that your work had a positive outcome. :-)

[Doityourself]

5. At 11pm I was at an Obama party at Harrah's Casino in Atlantic city

[catgirl]

6. I was in Dover, NH making calls until 5:30 p.m.

Then I raced home to MA to watch the action on T.V. I could've gone to Boston for the
festivities, but I was too pooped. We heard the amazing news in bed with our 5 cats
around us. We hooped and hollered at the news, the cats scattered, and the tears flowed.

On edit: the hooping and hollering caused our three dogs (down in the living room) to
break out in barks and baying. It was complete beautiful mayhem.

Today, I've been smiling and crying on and off- but still trying to stay focused on the two,
or so, close senate races.

[Barack_America]

8. GOTV at polling place for Philly Ward 3, Divisions 11-13. They went 99% for Obama.

Then home for the final election returns. Then back out onto the streets for the celebration.

[msongs]

9. dems HQ w/400 counting 5-4-3-2-1as CNN went to 8pm CA time & CA put obama over...

bingo, just like that, 8 pm and up came the obama projected the winner. quite exciting.

to bad so many obama voters threw their gay fellow voters under the bus.

Msongs

[ThatsMyBarack]

10. At my sister's house!

Around 10:00 p.m., I was sitting on the floor, flipping through channels on her new big-screen plasma TV(!). I stopped on NBC to witness the Breaking News that Obama had broken the 270 mark and had been ELECTED president. I think that everyone in the room was too shocked to say anything. It was surreal....:patriot:

[Hayabusa]

11. In a small TV studio

in Jefferson City, Missouri, broadcasting election results on a small, public access channel with the rest of my Journalism class. Between updates, the majority of us learned that Obama had been declared the winner, and we all cheered.

[Colobo]

12. Home, with my family.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

13. Mr. DTBK and I were at the street festival in the Bishop Arts District of south Dallas

Along with thousands of other exhilarated supporters. There were big screen TVs in the streets with CNN and local returns, a band and local candidates. We really couldn't hear a thing, but the place just exploded with cheers and tears when the race was called for Barack. I was hugging strangers and bawling my head off. Here's our picture (my eyes almost stuck shut from crying!):

[catgirl]

16. What a lovely picture!

You're both so beautiful!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. At a bar with some other MN DUers.

A great way to watch the event!

[a la izquierda]

15. My house in Guadalajara, MX

I'm on a dissertation research trip and my landlord and I hosted an international watch party. It was really cool, I have bruises from falling to my knees and rejoicing and I am still suffering from drinking too much tequila...

[catgirl]

18. ;-)

Sounds like a fun time!!

[stevebreeze]

17. tally judge in Kane County (40 miles west of Chicago)

until all the county votes were counted.

[graywarrior]

19. At Horsefeathers in North Conway NH with lots f volunteers and Obama staff

Lined up at the bar


Counting local cndidates votes


We all went wild when they called it for Obama.

[Monty__]

21. Grant Park

With 200,000 of my new best friends

[Brigid]

24. Grant Park?

Oh, I would sooo have wanted to be there! Tell us about it. :)

[solara]

22. I was a Poll Worker in Albuquerque NM - but I

got home just in time to hear Pres-elect Obama's beautiful and moving speech, and was surprised to find the tears cascading down my face, especially since I haven't cried in a very long time..

Perhaps living through the nightmare of 8 years of Bush-hell had made me actually retreat from hope and joy... and I wondered if it could really be over

I see now that I didn't believe last night's landslide was possible without some sort of bush/cheney/rove induced darkness to destroy it... until it actually happened and held through the night.

My tears are sweet and each moment of acceptance and realization is beyond beautiful - I am so proud to have been even a tiny part of this new paradigm.


WoW



:hi:

[PADemD]

23. Doing GOTV phone banking until 7:30 p.m. at our local PA office.

When Chris Matthews announced that Obama had won PA, we all screamed, hugged, and jumped for joy.

[NightWatcher]

25. local Dem Party party at a bar downtown Savannah till 1A (see pics)

(pardon the terrible photography. cameraman had been drinking and it's from a phone)

[LisaM]

26. Neighborhood restaurant - the owner put in a case of champagne

and invited all his regulars. It was great.

[POAS]

27. With my new friends from the Obama campaign

at a local celebration party!