Indiana just called for Obama

[MiniMe]

OMG

[RainDog]

1. just heard on nbc

YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Contrary1]

2. Yes!!!!

The Repubs are done here! OMG!

Signed: A proud Hoosier

[SoCalDem]

17. I gave birth to a Hoosier...Congrats !!!

we did 7 1/2 years in Michigan City.. Did Laporte county go blue??

[Contrary1]

18. You betcha! 60/38 n/t

[Justitia]

3. Holy Mother of God! I never thought I'd see the day! -eom

[Vickers]

4. omg!

Wow...I mean WOW!!!

[shadowknows69]

5. Whoo hoo

is it a landslide yet? Yep I think so.

[Contrary1]

6. Rate this up!

After 40 years, it's worth it!

[MiniMe]

7. I'll add just on MSNBC

[Indenturedebtor]

8. WOOHOOOOO!!!! The Hoosier Wifey and I couldn't be more happy!

I told you doubters in the primaries that he could have a chance there :P

:woohoo:

[cynatnite]

9. I honestly didn't believe IN would go to Obama...not even in my best dreams n/t

[Eric Condon]

10. Even among all the amazing things that have happened tonight, this really stands out

I've lived in Indiana my whole life, and I never dreamed my vote would actually count for anything. In 2004, they called Indiana for Bu$h the second the polls closed, and that's been pretty typical for as long as I can remember. Independent of everything else about tonight, this is especially personal for me, and it's another true signifier of how far we've come, that this reddest of red states has FINALLY come around. It makes me feel like the volunteering I did, along with my vote, most definitely was NOT for nothing, and that's a great feeling.

[kas125]

11. OMG, one more thing to celebrate tonight. All our hard work has

paid off and I could not be more happy.

Now, how the hell am I supposed to sleep tonight after this??

[B Calm]

12. Hell YES!!! I stayed up as late as I could and I hated going to bed without

knowing who won Indiana!

[KharmaTrain]

13. Congrats To My Hoosier Neighbors...Welcome To A New Blue World

One of the big winners last night, was my travel itinerary. I've avoided any trips or doing much, if any, business in a Red state...even forcing dude who wanted me in on their biz to move their meetings to Chicago or a Blue state. In 2004, we scrapped a Disneyworld vacation to Florida and went to California instead. Now my world, and theirs (IMHO) has expanded!

The key here is that the Democrats ignored the large Democratic base vote...blacks, unions, in the Northwest part of the state. So many elections were "decided" for this state that the party let thousands of propsective voters slip away. Not this year...an excelent ground game showed here as well as the Obama campaign being based in Chicago. Last week I had talked to a couple who had canvassed all over the state and predicted this would happen.

Congrats Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Nevada, North Carolina, Colorado and welcome back to Iowa and New Mexico...it's a big blue world out here today!

:toast:

[salin]

14. While it was a nail biter... and I went to bed after the beginning of the flip

to Obama the margin was still to close... although all of that - I have been predicting this since September. A sheer momentum vs void thing per the two campaigns.

What a great bit of news to start my day with!

[KharmaTrain]

16. Happy Days My Friend...

That race I was watching all night...when Terre Haute (Vigo County) and St. Joseph (South Bend) went, I knew Obama was going to pull it out...similar in many ways to what we saw during the primary. The GOOP took this state for granted and they paid for it.

I've been holding so much back the past couple weeks in fear of jinxing things...now it's time to celebrate.

Cheers and great to see you!

:toast:

[readmoreoften]

15. Unreal. Amazing!!!!!!

:bounce:

[Locrian]

19. holy crap I live in a blue state? WTF!!!!!

WWWOOOOOOOHOOOO!

[Footay]

20. I went to sleep in a red state and woke up in a blue one!

How Great It Is!!!!!!!

[LisaLynne]

22. Woo hoo! Me, too!

Welcome to DU and to our newly Blue State! :)

[AwakeAtLast]

21. I knew it! I knew it! I knew it!

W00T!

:woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:


:toast: :toast: :toast:

[crispini]

23. Yay Indiana! You kick ass!

:kick:

[kilaana]

24. I am so proud to be a Hoosier!

(Holy crap! I never thought I'd hear myself say THAT!)

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

28. Me too!

Now both my states are blue! NEVER thought I'd see the day!

[NNN0LHI]

25. Bush won Indiana by 20 points 4 years ago

[progressoid]

26. 21 PERCENT!! That's a huge switch.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/IN/

[gollygee]

27. Wow

Indiana. That is really amazing.