I'm still in awe. I witnessed history today as Barack Obama was elected president of the United States.
Its Wednesday in Singapore but still Tuesday night in the USA. Deanna went to the American Club this morning to watch the election results. They were hosting an elections party. Both sides were there together, Democrats and Republicans, watching the results unfold slowly as each state closed their polls and CNN revealed their projections.
I was working and trying to keep from being distracted by the elections.
But the internet always distracts. Throughout the morning, I clicked back and forth to
CNN.com to see what was going on.
By mid-morning, the eastern states had all been predicted. McCain hit the end of his road when CNN announced Pennsylvania for Obama. McCain could not win without Pennsylvania.
At this point, it was officially still an open election, but the reporters were all waiting until the west coast polls closed to make the call.
The networks called it simultaneously the moment the west cost polls closed. Obama clinched the presidency.
It is the most important and most anticipated election of my generation. But it was unreal. The victory didn't sink in. Not until CNN streamed McCain's concession speech did I realize that Obama had really won. And then I couldn't work any longer.
I took a taxi to the American Club, and I arrived in time to catch Obama's victory speech. I was standing in the back. I couldn't find Deanna in the crowd. I watched from the back.
When I found Deanna, I hugged her. And we cried.
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