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By midnight, it was all over but the shouting. When it arrived the party spilled into the streets of Chicago and throughout the country. For a campaign that put such a spotlight on youth, it was no surprise that the victory celebrations should be so loud and energetic. View our gallery to see some of the highlights from the party of the year.
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Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Why America Must Learn to Bow
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
Going Rogue: The Index
Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
Airports From Hell
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Week in Political Cartoons
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I am so overwhelmed with joy and hope for the future. Thank you to the people of the USA for getting it right this time!
Barack Obama intends to be a transformational figure in history. Every action and every word is chosen as though he were Abraham Lincoln--and that Lincoln knew who he would become.
A proud day for America.
The image of Jesse Jackson overwhelms me each time I see it (and last night on television). I've never walked in his shoes, but I can only imagine. God Bless.
I am proud of my country again! What a good feeling!
People of the world I hope that you know that the Bush administration did not represent the will of the American people. We've all been disgusted for so long, and frustrated by a congress too evenly split to get anything done, but with this stunning mandate I dare to say I think we're back on track.
I'm writing today from the Colorado Rocky Mountains, where I woke up to the clean white blanket of the season's first snowfall. It feels like a fresh new start. I'm so elated I could cry.
O, happy day!
What a day to be an American! A very proud moment that I believe will be remembered for a long time to come...
I cried upon seeing the simple headline of the NY Times this morning.
OBAMA
No other words needed.
There are no red states. There are no blue states. Only the United States. God bless America. God bless Barack Obama.
I'm going to plagiarize myself with an email I sent out earlier:
Over here in France, all my American and English co-workers are high-fiving each other, our ESL students are thanking us and yelling "OBAMA!" And "WE LOVE AMERICA!"
Four students offered me coffee this morning; I'm totally buzzed!
Hey, Rumsfeld was finally right:
Americans are greeted as "liberators"....of the Bush regime!
Thank you.
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