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The last swing of the boom

After living through sixteen years of two Presidents’ terms, the Baby Boomer generation appears to have run its Presidential course. When Obama, on his way over to Grant Park for his election night event, emailed his millions of plugged-in supporters, he wrote “We just made history.”
As Damien Cave noted:

With that simple “we” in millions [...]

In pictures: Barack Obama’s election triumph - the front pages

From Britain’s Guardian, a collection of newspaper front pages from around the world:

Obama, The Day After

Sean Quinn of FiveThrityEight.com sums up what a lot of us are feeling today:

I’ll be honest, it’s a little hard to write today. I suspect a lot of you may be feeling the same complex set of emotions at the end of a political season so seismic that most of us will remember [...]

How This Happened

An email to Obama supporters:

Matthew —
I’m about to head to Grant Park to talk to everyone gathered there, but I wanted to write to you first.
We just made history.
And I don’t want you to forget how we did it.
You made history every single day during this campaign — every day you [...]

Yes. We. Did.

Obama wins the Presidency of the United States of America!

Is There A Hidden McCain Vote?

Will undecideds break largely for McCain?
It’s what Republican pollsters have been saying the last few weeks, and seems to be what Chuck Todd at NBC thinks as well. The net effect would be that Obama’s share of the vote is what current polling pegs it at, while McCain would scoop up the [...]

Free concert at Heinz Field for Obama supporters

Free music and hot dogs for Obama supporters! Is this a sign of things to come?

Supporters and campaign workers for Sen. Barack Obama are being invited to Heinz Field tomorrow night for a free Get Out The Vote concert featuring local artists Rusted Root.
An Obama campaign spokeswoman said the pep rally, which is intended [...]

Obama in Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena

From Obama’s campaign:
This Monday, October 27th, please join Barack Obama in Pittsburgh, where he will talk about his vision for creating the kind of change we need.
Change We Need Rally
with Barack Obama
Mellon Arena
66 Mario Lemieux Place
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Monday, October 27th
Doors Open: 3:00 p.m.
http://pa.barackobama.com/PittsburghChange
This event is free and open to the public. Tickets [...]

AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism

This speech is worth your 7 minutes.

On Past Presidential Debate Days Big Things Happened

The Obama campaign issues a release pointing out some of the top news stories on past presidential debate days.
Highlights: Krushchev says USSR has nuclear subs, Challenger has difficulties in orbit, sudden death of Sen. Mel Carnahan.