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Obama: “Change has come to America”
Alex Koppelman
In his victory speech, the president-elect thanks his supporters, recalls the campaign and looks toward the challenges to come.
Election Day blogging (wee hours EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin, Rebecca Traister and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.
Celebrating at the Mayflower
Thomas Schaller
DNC crowd goes wild with click-clackers at a hotel in Washington.
Generations of hope
Thomas Schaller
On the striking difference between the reactions of older and younger African-Americans to Obama's campaign.
McCain concedes
Alex Koppelman
In what appeared to be a sincere, heartfelt moment, John McCain congratulated the man who beat him and gave one of the best speeches of his campaign.
Florida and Colorado add icing to Obama’s cake
Andrew Leonard
More red states turn blue as a victory verges on a landslide
“We put him over the top!”
Angela Valdez
After Virginia goes blue for the first time since LBJ, Commonwealth Democrats take joyful credit for Obama's national victory.
Nets call it for Obama
Alex Koppelman
With polls closed on the West Coast, everyone makes official what had already been clear.
Election Day blogging (11 p.m. EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin, Rebecca Traister and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events
Obama wins Virginia
Alex Koppelman
In yet another sign that the state is turning blue, its 13 Electoral College votes have apparently gone to Barack Obama.
Iowa, where it all began, goes to Obama
Andrew Leonard
The state where the senator from Illinois broke through in the first caucuses comes through again.
Obama wins!
Alex Koppelman
With Ohio's electoral votes and victories in California, Hawaii and Washington assured, Salon projects that Barack Obama has won the presidency.
Election Day blogging (10 p.m. EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin, Rebecca Traister and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.
McCain wins in Georgia
Alex Koppelman
The Obama campaign managed to turn out an impressive number of African-Americans, but it wasn't enough -- black voters could still boost other Democrats, though.
MSNBC, Fox call Ohio for Obama
Alex Koppelman
The state, which was key to George Bush's victory in 2004, has apparently gone blue this time around.
Election Day blogging (9 p.m. EST thread)
Salon Staff
Join Joan Walsh, Glenn Greenwald, David Sirota, David Talbot, Digby, Paul Maslin, Rebecca Traister and Gary Kamiya as they follow the day's events.
It’s official: Pa. for Obama, McCain’s hopes dwindling
Alex Koppelman
The last holdouts call Pennsylvania for Barack Obama; it was the state on which John McCain had pinned his hopes.
The battle for Colorado, writ small
Amanda Leigh Mascarelli
Obama vs. McCain, as fought by the shop owners of swinging Jefferson County, just outside Denver.
Obama wins New Hampshire
Alex Koppelman
The state was a sentimental favorite of John McCain's; Barack Obama's win hurts McCain's chances even further.
Whither Indiana?
Alex Koppelman
So far, the signs out of one key red state look bad for John McCain; that could signal a big night for Barack Obama.
Polls close in 15 more states, D.C.
Alex Koppelman
Voting has ended in the biggest group of states so far -- here's where things stand.
Some networks call Pennsylvania for Obama
Andrew Leonard
ABC, NBC and MSNBC give the Keystone State to the Democrat.
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