Last night, Sen. Barack Obama defeated Sen. John McCain and was elected the 44th President of the United States. He then delivered the following speech to the incredible crowd in Chicago's Grant Park. Here's looking forward to the next four years …
- Election wrap: Here, here, here and here.
- Even more election wrap: Here, here, here and here.
- The Washington Post on how Obama pulled it off.
- And now the hard part …
- Bushism of the year: "What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters."
- Can the Dems get to 60 Senate seats?
- One place the Dems got slaughtered: Pinellas County.
- Hillsborough County's vote count screws the pooch.
- Florida to LGBT couples: Fuck off. The view from South Florida.
- Our projection: Beckner beat Blair.
- So much for the Democrats' down-ballot efforts in Pinellas.
- The Diaz-Balart bros. hang on to their GOP congressional seats in Miami.
- The beginning of the end for Leavitt at USF football?
This article appears in Nov 5-11, 2008.