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The Obamanian revolution
published: Thursday | November 13, 2008
You just knew that they were like broncos at a rodeo, waiting for the gate to open. At every United States (US) network, they already knew Barack Obama had won the election. Because the western states would go Democratic, and because that would give him enough electoral-college votes to put him over the top, they were just counting down the seconds.
What followed, in the hours that carried America into its new era, was something not seen in a long time. Crowds impatient for change in Washington, DC - a city so Democratic, one wonders who the seven per cent were who voted for John McCain - formed spontaneously outside the White House, and started the celebrations.
The Obamanian revolution
published: Thursday | November 13, 2008
You just knew that they were like broncos at a rodeo, waiting for the gate to open. At every United States (US) network, they already knew Barack Obama had won the election. Because the western states would go Democratic, and because that would give him enough electoral-college votes to put him over the top, they were just counting down the seconds.
What followed, in the hours that carried America into its new era, was something not seen in a long time. Crowds impatient for change in Washington, DC - a city so Democratic, one wonders who the seven per cent were who voted for John McCain - formed spontaneously outside the White House, and started the celebrations.
The Obamanian revolution