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November 06, 2008
How I spent Election Day
Greetings from Obama Central. Being here in Chicago, most everyone assumes I spent Tuesday night in Grant Park waiting for Obama to speak after becoming the newly-anointed president elect. Nah. It would've been a great, grand thing to see. But I just didn't have the willpower to go all the way down there, especially when I learned that a bar near my house was going to show the election results.
I saddled up a group of friends, and we brought our very own Electoral College maps. As you can see, I pre-marked some of the states that I thought would go McCain, as I also did with the ones I thought would be Obama. I'm very mature, yes.
I wasn't surprised that it was all over by 10 pm. I'm completely delighted and excited that Obama will be the next president. The most exciting part to me was how I, here in Illinois, got to see Obama move from our little state senator, to a US Senator, and now the President of the United States. I remember hearing people say, that guy could be president some day. It's hard to believe it's true.
Nevertheless, I'm optimistic. I hope the change he talks about actually occurs. The cover of this week's Chicago Reader, however, sums it up best. Good luck to you, Barack Obama.
entry no. 1239
Posted at November 6, 2008 02:20 PM