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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!

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 [...]

Fate Of Presidential Race Could Rest In Steelers’ Hands

Funny stuff from Pittsburgh’s WTAE-TV:

Next Monday, the Pittsburgh Steelers will try to beat the Washington Redskins on the road and hold onto a one-game lead in the AFC North Division — but that’s far from the most important thing at stake.
The result of the Redskins’ final home game before Election Day has accurately predicted [...]

Pew: Obama By 16…By 19 Among Those Who Have Already Voted

From Ambinder, the latest Pew poll:

Pew’s Andy Kohut conducts one of the better national surveys out there, and his results today — even assuming that he caught McCain in a downdraft — are fairly stunning. Obama leads by 16 points among likely voters, by 17 points among independents, by 13 points among men, by [...]

Quote of the Day — 10/27/08

What I’ve found is people here [in Pittsburgh] don’t care what color you are. What they’re trying to figure out is who can deliver. It’s just like the Pttisburgh Steelers: they don’t care what color you are, they just want to figure out, can you make the plays?

Presidential Candidate Barack Obama From on KDKA 10/27/08

Assassination plot targeting Obama disrupted

Many, many people from both sides of the aisle I’ve talked to over the course of this campaign saw this coming. Likely the first of several:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The ATF says it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee [...]

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 [...]