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It's one o'clock in the morning in New York City...two hours since Barack Obama was declared President-elect. Near Union Square the noise level of people celebrating dwarfs midnight on New Year's Eve. People are cheering, cars are honking, and this has been going on for hours. I walked outside awhile ago and the streets were a sea of exuberance.
It's an amazing moment.
(Photo: Union Square Park, midnight.)
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Yeah!! So much stoke! We even won in Florida! :)
Posted by: James | November 05, 2008 at 01:31 AM
amazing indeed. wish i were there.
Posted by: will | November 05, 2008 at 02:12 AM
I'm crying in my beer...sake. How come no one voted for Bob? However all is not lost, at least the new guy is a surfer (the stickless kind) and is from Hawaii.
Posted by: Joe Rouse | November 05, 2008 at 03:01 AM
Doesn't that city ever sleep?! gObama!!
Posted by: Andy | November 05, 2008 at 06:49 AM
My little piece of Brooklyn, it sounded like the Giants had won the Super Bowl and the Yankees had won the World Series ON THE SAME NIGHT.
Looking forward to the change of command.
Posted by: bonnie | November 05, 2008 at 10:01 AM
I went to Harlem and boy, that was a party!!!!
better winds are coming to the USA... and the world
Posted by: marcos Vidal | November 05, 2008 at 03:08 PM
I was out at the Gulfstream Racetrack where many people of color in Broward county went to wait out the counting on election eve...when the announcement was made that Obama had won, everyone yelled with joy, people kissed and hugged strangers!
Posted by: geniusofdespair | December 11, 2008 at 12:31 PM