I'm crying with emotion! THANK GOD!!!!!

LET THE CHANGE BEGIN!

I AM IN TEARS!!!! THIS IS UNREAL!!!! YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!

I'm so happy!!

And I'm jealous of those who are celebrating with their families...I'm the lone Dem in a whole lotta Republicans. I'll never hear the end of their bitching...but it's worth it!

WOO HOO!!!!! YAY!!!!!

This is awesome! Amazing! I'm so happy!

Wow, Robert Kennedy really was psychic! :)

Well, what can I say...

Congratulations, America!

WOO HOO!!!!! YAY!!!!!

This is awesome! Amazing! I'm so happy!

Wow, Robert Kennedy really was psychic! :)

In a country where women need worry so much for their spiritual and physical safety, it means a great deal to have the hope of political safety at long last. It am overcome.

He's still a man - a potential abuser and rapist. I wanted Hillary and I am supremely pissed off that the American people didn't have the intelligence and foresight to elect a strong and independent woman. PUMAs forever!!!!

In a country where women need worry so much for their spiritual and physical safety, it means a great deal to have the hope of political safety at long last. I am overcome.

So I ran upstairs, giggling madly because I'm so happy, to tell my grandmother the news. Now she's a staunch conservative (darn old people) and I just wanted to rub it in.
Me: Obama won! Obama won!
Her: You're laughing. I'm not laughing.
Me: (still giggling) I'm going back downstairs now...

A little too tired to get truly emotional (it's currently about 4am over here), but I know I probably will in the morning. This is great news, guys. Well done.

In a country where women need worry so much for their spiritual and physical safety, it means a great deal to have the hope of political safety at long last. I am overcome.

I am thrilled and my husband is in tears. For the first time in 8 years, we are both proud to be from OHIO!

Oh my God...I am so happy I am crying!!!!

But I am still in shock somewhat, I can't believe it's real, I can't believe it's over and it's gone the way millions of Americans had hoped.

Bless you Barack Obama and Bless the USA!

WOO HOO!!!!! YAY!!!!!

This is awesome! Amazing! I'm so happy!

Wow, Robert Kennedy really was psychic! :)

I am from Canada, and so obsessed with this election, and all the ballot decisions, and happy with some, upset with others. My room mates are giving me a hard time though, saying why should I care about the US..and they don't seem to understand how abortion rights are an important feminist thing, or why I care about the ban on gay marriage if I am not gay.. ugh, sometimes I get so frustrated with people..

This is so so beautiful.

I can't thank everyone enough for being involved, for being a part of this. I really feel like the process does work, people DO care. It's amazing.

I am thrilled and my husband is in tears. For the first time in 8 years, we are both proud to be from OHIO!

Is this a weird time to say that I've been reading this blog for like a year now and just moved to a more conservative area of the country where I'm all by myself, and feministing makes me feel so much better at the end of the day about everything?

Is it weird, I guess, to say that, seriously, I love you guys?

My first election! I am so proud to be apart of this! I'm so excited, not only did Obama win, but the abortion bans were knocked down with a resound NO! I feel change coming on... I can't wait till the next election, I hope to see more women and minorities get into the upper echelons of our goverment.

I just pray the crazies don't get to him.

OMG!!! I'm so ecstatic to have been a part of this! I've been crying since MSNBC called it!

Oh my God...I am so happy I am crying!!!!

But I am still in shock somewhat, I can't believe it's real, I can't believe it's over and it's gone the way millions of Americans had hoped.

Bless you Barack Obama and Bless the USA!

For all my Latina mamis:

¡SÍ SE PUEDE!

For all of America:
YES WE DID!

Would've come to check Feministing sooner, but I was glued to the TV (despite Channel News Asia's rather banal, blah-ish coverage...) just soaking it in.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE UNITED STATES! And best wishes for and from the rest of the world :D

Oh my God...I am so happy I am crying!!!!

But I am still in shock somewhat, I can't believe it's real, I can't believe it's over and it's gone the way millions of Americans had hoped.

Bless you Barack Obama!

I am from Canada, and so obsessed with this election, and all the ballot decisions, and happy with some, upset with others. My room mates are giving me a hard time though, saying why should I care about the US..and they don't seem to understand how abortion rights are an important feminist thing, or why I care about the ban on gay marriage if I am not gay.. ugh, sometimes I get so frustrated with people..

This is so so beautiful.

I can't thank everyone enough for being involved, for being a part of this. I really feel like the process does work, people DO care. It's amazing.

I am overcome. Finally we have hope and not fear.

I am from Canada, and so obsessed with this election, and all the ballot decisions, and happy with some, upset with others. My room mates are giving me a hard time though, saying why should I care about the US..and they don't seem to understand how abortion rights are an important feminist thing, or why I care about the ban on gay marriage if I am not gay.. ugh, sometimes I get so frustrated with people..

For all my Latina mamis:

¡SÍ SE PUEDE!

For all of America:
YES WE DID!

I still have goosebumps!!!

I am so thankful I am witnessing and have been apart of this historic moment.

Now, I have to get a tissue, wipe these tears away & CELEBRATE!!!!!

The people have spoken & we want change!!!!!

OMG!!! I'm so ecstatic to have been a part of this! I've been crying since MSNBC called it!

I almost broke my laptop and slammed a floor lamp into the wall because I was actually jumping on my couch.

I have literally never been this happy about anything in politics ever.

This is so so beautiful.

I can't thank everyone enough for being involved, for being a part of this. I really feel like the process does work, people DO care. It's amazing.

For the first time in 8 years, I am proud to be from Ohio. What a great day this is.

The booing during McCain's speech... such a classy crowd.

It mad me sad that people booed Obama's name during McCain's concession speech. The divisiveness I know wouldn't vanish immediately, but I don't recall ever hearing that during past elections, like at Kerry's concession or Gore's--just a really hateful reaction...

My heart is beating so very fast. I am so looking forward to this. I am so proud.

Beautiful.

Tonight is made of win. I want to hear him accept it.

Hope, apparently, is what people want. Who knew. :)

Oh my God...I am so happy I am crying!!!!

But I am still in shock somewhat, I can't believe it's real, I can't believe it's over and it's gone the way millions of Americans had hoped.

Bless you Barack Obama!

Greatest day of my life. Tech beat UT, and now Obama wins!? What more could I ask for?

My first election! I am so proud to be apart of this! I'm so excited, not only did Obama win, but the abortion bans were knocked down with a resound NO! I feel change coming on... I can't wait till the next election, I hope to see more women and minorities get into the upper echelons of our goverment.

I just pray the crazies don't get to him.

YAYY! I have to say a special thank you to feministing for helping me stay informed and entertained throughout my very first election. I can say proudly that my first vote, the vote i've been waiting for for 19 years, went to change. and even though New York is a blue state through and through, I'm so happy i got to be a part of this.

I wish I could write something inspiring, but I'm to fucking excited!!! YES YES YES!! I'm dancing around my office, in tears!!! And yes- for the first time in maybe my entire adult life, I'm proud of America!! Going to drink champagne tonight!

All I can say is amazing... and about damn time =) I'm so happy right now. I have lived through history and I can't wait to see it play out.

I wish I could be celebrating with my family, but they're rabid McCain fans.

I flipped out earlier when the polls I was watching showed Obama leading in South Carolina with 53%. Of course, he didn't win the state, but for two glorious seconds, I was like "I helped make that possible!"

Oh, I can't stop smiling.

OMG, OMG, OMG. I'm speechless, shocked and deliriously happy. I'm so proud of you America. Thank you.

Good work, America! Wooo-hooo!!!!

Good work, America! Wooo-hooo!!!!

Wow. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. WOW. Tears and champagne are flowing. God bless America.

The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust is playing in my head and I'm doing a happy dance to it. What a night.

OMFG!!! WHOOO!!!!

Oh, I can't stop smiling.

I know, right?!?!

Now I'm just waiting for my Indiana to turn blue, baby!

I think my heart stopped beating for a few seconds.

YES!!!

Fantastic! As someone from India, I'm so relieved... hopefully this will be better for the world, not just America. -- Sunil.

I live close to Pennsylvania Ave in Washington DC. I have seen hundreds and hundreds of people run down Penn toward the white house. Its one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Honking and screams of joy and hundreds of people rejoicing in the streets of our nation's capitol.

I had no idea how stressed out about this I was all day. I just couldn't allow myself to believe that it was really going to happen, after being so bitterly diappointed after the last election. Now that it's for sure, and I can exhale, I almost don't know what to do with myself. It's overwhelming!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was crying with happiness.

MLK Jr.'s infamous dream has finally come true...

For the first time in 8 years, I am proud to be from Ohio. What a great day this is.

So, SO cool. But now the real work begins, y'all.

I'm 16 and I didn't get to vote in the most exciting election of our time, but I went with my mom today to the polls, and she voted for me. We're both in tears right now.

THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY EVER!

I am proud to be an American for the first time in 8 years!

The only thing going through my mind is: Fuck yes!

YESSSS!!!!!

According to my friend in Austin, people are having spontaneous parties and driving through the street blasting their car horn. I'm settling for hanging with my hardcore Dem parents and drinking this tiny bottle of Korbel I got from my only Republican relative. I don't think she had any idea it would be used for this occasion!

Happy/joyous/exstatic dancing to Woody Guthrie singing, "Better World A-Comin'" This is an amazing time for all of us! I can't stop smiling/dancing/crying! :D President OBAMA! Woot!

I cried. Bawled like a baby. And how nice does it sound to say President Obama!

So, so excited.

And so happy to share my joy with other feminists.

Sexism straight from the mouths of Obama's base at Howard University: http://tinyurl.com/6fu2nn

OOOOO now time for his speech!!!

congratulations America, and thank you. This victory is inspiring to those of us outside of the States.

I am so happy, relieved, excited... a million emotions that I can't even express! He's such an amazing speaker, and I have so much hope for the next four years. I've never been prouder of our country!

Simply:

Yay!

as my friend in australia said, america is no longer the most hated country in the world!!!

i am crying every other moment!!! what a milestone!!!!!

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay! thank god! What a landslide victory! How awesome! I'm so happy and relieved! Even though I voted for Cynthia Mckinney...I'm so glad that Obama won. I'm really proud that I had the opportunity to vote for a progressive African American woman on a major third party ticket this election...but I'm even more proud of our country that we have made history tonight in choosing Obama as our 44th president. Thank you America! I'm proud of all the choices that we as American's have been given during this historical election...And deep down I had faith that American's would do the right thing. The world must be so happy for us right now!

I also would like to say, that, with all the negative campaigning that McCain did in the last couple of days, to his credit, I watched his speech and I think he was very gracious and I'm glad that he could finish on a positive note and congratulate Obama the way he did (except of course some of the people in the crowd were very rude and just disgusting).

I feel like the mood in the country has already changed dramatically...I can feel optimism and hope. I hear car horns honking in the street and I can feel the turning of a new page in the history of our country.

Still, I was thinking Obama is going to have a lot to do once he is in office. It's going to be tough fixing the disastrous policy of the last 8 years. And although there's been great progress tonight, we still have a long ways to go and a lot of work to do before we reach true equality for all Americans. But I think Obama is who America and the world needs right now, and I have a renewed faith that Americans will come together in support of a brighter future. Sorry I'm being so cheesy, but I've definitely shed some tears tonight, as most of us probably have.

Another victory tonight was the rejection of the Colorodo "person hood" bill and South Dakota's abortion ban bill. Yay Colorado & Yay South Dakota for standing up for women's rights!

Unfortunately, in Florida the marriage bill passed. And I can't even begin on how upset/disappointing it is to know that people are still willing to pass a law that discriminates against a whole groups of people.

Does anyone know how the other anti-gay/anti-equality/anti-civil rights/anti-immigrant ballot measures did in other states?

Anyway...overall it was a great night, results are still coming in...so I'm going to go watch and cry some more.

Hurray for us! I can't wait until January 20!

I can't stop crying! It's incredible! I spent all afternoon making phone calls and going door to door!

This is so amazing!

I feel like an Ewok at the end of Return of the Jedi!

http://daltonator.net/durandal/blog/?p=163

This is an amazing night :)

Cant wait for the next two months to be over!

Toss Bush out and all his crap right wing fascism!!!!

However, we still have to keep perspective. The fact that one segment of our countrys two party system would push us back is still a reality that threatens our progress. Just watch "Jesus Camp" to remind yourselves of the issues we have to combat.

ohhhhhh my god, i am SO UNBELIEVABLY THRILLED!!!!

God has blessed America and each of us.
Come on up for the rising!

I am stunned. I am in shock. I can't even describe.

9/11 was five days after my 18th birthday. All of my adult life has been lived in the oppressive, paranoid, and knee-jerk climate of the Bush administration. It at least feels like this wouldn't have even been thinkable only a few years ago... but now here we are. Amazing. Thank you so much, everyone.

I can't stop crying...I've got goosebumps...thank any and all higher powers...

Now the real work begins. That said,
O HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!

I just finished watching Obama's victory speech. It made me cry. Watching the faces in the crowd, the black women in particular, I just bawled.
I am so glad that the US has made this choice.
AUSTRALIA LOVES OBAMA!!!!!!

I'm still in shock.

In all honesty, I really didn't think it would happen. When Bush got reelected I figured the nation had just lost it's mind. I'm glad we've come to our collective senses. But it will take a while for me to feel relieved and let my cynicism subside.

But still...amazing. And what a great acceptance speech.

YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
There is fireworks and screaming and partying happening on campus.
Thank God!!

Great speech - both my husband and I were in tears. I am fucking proud to be an American!!!

Its surreal! I can't believe this worked out! I am so moved, and the speech was intelligent. What a concept listening to an articulate president! Celebrate!

I'm so happy he won. I'm not crying, but I know if I was with my boyfriend (darn different colleges) we'd be hugging and I'd be sobbing. I'm alone right now, so I don't have anyone else's emotions to feed off.

We are talking to each other about how this has made us more inspired to go into careers that will give back to society and help people. Obama must be having that effect on so many others, it's so amazing!

I'm speechless. And overjoyed.

I haven't been proud of this country in so long, but tonight I remember that it is possible...and it feels really good. Thank you so much, Barack, Michelle, Joe, and everyone else who donated whatever they could give to make this possible.

I turned down a beer 'cause I was so naturally high!

Alright, everyone, we've now got to put our voted where our feet are, and get to work! There's so much going on in this world right now, and we can't afford to go to sleep like we did during much of the 1990s.

Azeem, a local hip-hop artist in my town of Oakland, CA told the audience at our house's Halloween party recently that he voted for GWB in the last election because he knew it was one of the only ways we'd all come together, wake up, and get active in politics and the world around us. Now, I don't know if he actually voted for GWB, but the sentiment he expressed wasn't lost on the audience.

We cannot become complacent again, no matter how much money we make, no matter how good things become. We must remain vigilant. Every one of us on this site needs to come up with at least one thing -- and for many of us, one more thing -- we can do to make the world a better place. Barack Obama's election is only the beginning. It's up to all of us to become the change we want to see, and to help others as well.

I heard that the City of Detroit voted 97% for Obama! Damn... this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!

I say.... YES WE CAN!!!!

WOW! I can honestly say that I have a sense of hope. I feel like we are all coming together as one, despite our differences at one of the hardest times for our country in the past century. We united, and I think Im actually feeling proud to be an American right now.

There's, uh, something in my eye.

But now, let's not blindly reach out a hand in the spirit of bipartisanship. Let's remember the past eight years and affirmatively give up the powers that the Republicans have used:
Let's disable signing statements
Let's disable the "nuclear option"
Let's reenact transparency and the FOIA
Let's investigate partisan hiring and firing

I cried during his acceptance speech. For once in my life I'm actually proud to be an American.

This whole night seems surreal. I can't believe how far our country has come. I can't believe how momentous this night has been for everyone. My faith in humanity has been restored that much more that we can all come together and make the RIGHT choice for our country.

I look forward to the next EIGHT years, and our futures as women and feminists. I'm looking forward to the gender gap closing up and true equality in this nation becoming a true possibility. "The future is NOW!"

Let's keep 'em honest women! We have someone in the highest position of our nation's office that is ON OUR SIDE! Let's make sure he remembers us when he's there. Our work is only beginning.

I'm a California voter and just came back from a No on Prop 4 party at the Biltmore in Los Angeles. We watched President Obama's speech in absolute silence. Tears and joy.

Our work is far from done, though. Keep your fingers crossed that we'll defeat Prop 4 AND Prop 8 here in California. But for now: YES WE CAN!

I have never felt better, and I was watching it and experiencing it all in Japan.
I am at work, a teachers desk in Fukui Japan a half an hour train ride from Obama the little city that has been getting all the hype. I am going to go drink right after school.
Change has never felt this great. History was made and I love it!

Well, according to CBS news tonight with Couric, news leaking from the campaign gives a long list of MEN being considered for key positions in the cabinet. http://tinyurl.com/6fu2nn

Obama, please prove me wrong here! I am really begging you.

Today is a good day for America. If you didn't listen to his entire acceptance speech, do it. If you heard it the first time, listen to it again. Those are golden words, y'all!

Oh god I am so happy! I was nearly crying with joy and I definitely did a happy Obama dance all around the dorm. I called up my mom and dad and uncles and we were all celebrating! It was amazing. I voted for the first time in this election and I am so excited that my vote counted towards something.

Then, of course, a buzzkill came in (disgruntled McCain supporter), making nasty and extremely racist comments. Such as he's going to get assassinated before the year is out, that all those "stupid poor" people in the Detroit ghettos are going to take over now and that his dad called him, saying "Turn on the TV, there are going to be a lot of happy n*ggers tonight!" (laughing as he quotes this, of course). *insert inarticulate rage here* The only thing keeping me from strangling him is that it wouldn't help anything. Bastard.

I am soo happy. As a black woman I am so proud of this man and what he has done for our people. And I am so happy that the right person was elected.I live in Dc and I just got back in from celebrating on the streets. It was soo dang beautiful to see everyone out there going hard for Obama. I'm so proud of my country right now. And sooo excited!

I'm from the UK but set my alarm super early to get up and hear the results, and the first place I went to was Feministing! I'm sooooooooo freakin happy!

On a heavier note, did prop 8 get passed? That's what I'm hearing...

When they called it for Obama, I was so ecstatic I was shaking.

My first presidential election, and it was one like this.

Yes, we can indeed.

From me here in South Africa - congratulations America! There are many, many people all over the world who share in your joy today.

Let me also say that I think that sites like Feministing made a positive difference in this election. You exposed the lies and looked at issues critically - you should be proud of yourselves.

Sisters of the US of A, you rock! I am a Canadian feminist activist, mother and poet who has been working since the Reagan years to make this world a better place.

You must know that we in Canada are thrilled that you have elected Barack Obama to lead you through the taking back of your country from those whose hearts are filled with anger and greed. Congratulations! And thank you! Our continent and our world needed this.

You have much hard work ahead of you, I know, but for now, enjoy celebrating the opportunity your hard work has already given you. And know that your sisters to the north are with you on the journey.

Peace. Love. Hope.

Pure elation. Now, the hard part. : )

Congratulations everybody!

alright! I feel so much better about coming back to the US in a few weeks! all the american students here were running out of the houses yelling!

I am loving it!

F John McCain and his sexist bullcrap. STUPID old man. He's a stupid farming c*nt with a constantly pregnant cavewoman for a vice!

May they now crawl into their graves with shame and rot there forever.

America! Congrats from Denmark, Europe! You did it, you freaking did it!
Woke up this morning, turned on the tv first thing and sat in tears watching Obama saying "This is our moment, this is our time" ... then looked over at my son, 19 months old, and I cried some more, because this means so much for me, for him, for our future. God bless Obama and America. And God bless you all for voting for him!

YAY! Well done, all of you!

I didn't vote today because I live 10,000 miles away, and am an Australian citizen (have been since birth), but the world is so happy. People were grinning; I made people's day, week, month, year telling them that it was over, that Obama had won.

THANK YOU. From the rest of the world. Everyone who voted, thank you, thank you, thank you. I feel like he is my leader too.

I woke up at four to check the news (I'm in England currently), and I've been weepy ever since. I wish I could be at home celebrating; even though my state, SC, went red, my district was actually democratic! I'm so, so happy, and I look forward to the next four years with bated breath. I want to be proud of my country again.

I woke up at four to check the news (I'm in England currently), and I've been weepy ever since. I wish I could be at home celebrating; even though my state, SC, went red, my district was actually democratic! I'm so, so happy, and I look forward to the next four years with bated breath. I want to be proud of my country again.

I woke up at four to check the news (I'm in England currently), and I've been weepy ever since. I wish I could be at home celebrating; even though my state, SC, went red, my district was actually democratic! I'm so, so happy, and I look forward to the next four years with bated breath. I want to be proud of my country again.

Yeah for Obama!

In your face republicans!

YES! I cried, I called my family and I sat down with my kids and explained why today was one the most important days in US history.

I keep wanting to pinch myself! WE even won FLORIDA!

Living in NW Florida, it's honestly over 90% McCain. It's so good to see my own state win. It was unbelievable when he won the Presidency.

Speechless!

For the first time I can sing the "America, fuck yeah!" song without any hint of irony or sarcasm!!

I have become generally pretty cynical when it comes to politics, but tonight I found myself in awe of this person and his potential (and the potential of the American people).

An amazing historical moment watched around the globe - we were GLUED to the news websites here in New Zealand. Congratulations!

I am Dutch. The Netherlands are a country that owes much of its current prosperity to the USA and the Marshall aid. The foreign policy of the USA of the past 60 years has shaped my country, probably more than US people realise. The popular culture, accessible here through are Dutch networks, have shaped are culture. The Netherlands have, for as long as I've known, always followed the US.

I've grown up knowing that to be the case, and knowing that to be 'right'. One only had to look at the DDR (East Germany) to know that things could have been very different. For the past decade however, my personal relationship with the US soured. The gratitude that I was raised with became much like the gratitude you feel for a parent figure that you owe much to, but sadly cannot agree with anymore. Part of growing up means relinquishing a world view that is dichotonous: right vs. wrong, west vs. east, US vs. USSR.

Today, to me you have changed. You have become a country that yet again leads by example, rather than force. You have much to do, this is true, but you shown me today, that the world cán change.

Thank you for that.

I am currently traveling around the world for a year - I watched the election from Singapore. Half a world away, I feel like I am more of an American on this day than any I have spent on US soil.

I believe in our future, I believe in Americans and I believe in my president-elect. Today, I can't wait to come home.

Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti - let peace prevail!

Rachel
www.thisendup1.com
http://www.thisendup1.com

From North Yorkshire, England: Unbelievable leap of faith and revolutionary hope. USA, all the alternative way!

I was elated! And then I saw how many of the disgusting ballot measures passed--affirmative action banned in Nebraska; same-sex couples adopting in Arkansas; same-sex marriage in Arizona, Florida and possibly California. The thing that puzzles me is that in some of these states, we won on the abortion bans. I'm up and down.

It happened, it really did! I can finally exhale after holding my breath and hoping, dreaming all these months!

It's been a long time coming.

Finally! :o)

My roommates and I drank wine and sat and watched all the coverage, and we were on Comedy Central when the announcement was made. We couldn't believe it, flipped to CNN, saw that it was real, and immediately started crying. I'm still in disbelief - the abortion restrictions and bans failing AND Obama getting elected? It's too amazing to be true!!!

Guys! Last night I dreamt that Obama won the presidency and... oh right! He did win the presidency! We saw history made last night! YES WE CAN!

P.S. I really did dream that. Freaky huh?

It's about time that this country finally woke up and chose the person who is best fit for the job. I got chills last night watching him speak realizing that I am alive and witnessed an historic moment in this nation. I know that we still have a long way to go but I believe Obama can take us there!

I called it back in February, but I still can't believe it.

Longtime lurker, frequent live chatter, first time poster. Good morning sisters!

And what a good morning it is. I am so proud of my country. YES WE DID!!!

Here's what I wrote about it:
http://popculturemadness.blogspot.com/2008/11/whip-it-out-wednesday-barack-obama.html

I'm so so happy that Obama won, and I'm not even American! Now for a poor, female or gay president and we'll be starting to get somewhere . . .

I was in Grant Park last night for the speech, and it was unreal. I've been to other big Chicago events before like the 4th of July or concerts or whatever, and I have never seen my city so excited, so respectful of one another and public property, and so lovingly united across lines of age, race, and neighborhood. If this is what one night of an Obama presidency brings Chicago, I can't wait to see what 8 years of an Obama presidency brings the world!

victory!

i have never seen such a reaction of joy as i did last night. everybody on my dorm builiding running, screaming, jumping up and down for obamas win. it is just so exciting. i was on the phone with friends and family all night in happiness. my vote helped contribute to obamas win..

i still have chills. the happiness just hasn't gone away since i fell asleep last night. i am just enthralled

thank you, america

I weep every time I see it on tv. We worked for this. I'm a student, I made calls and knocked on doors and volunteered...I am so happy and tired and a tad hungover :)

I went on the most awesome, epic, spontaneous rally-parade-thing around Berkeley last night.

The cops blocked off the streets and redirected traffic while hundreds, at least a thousand, students and residents marched around following some random guy who had a flag and a whistle. We were walking in the middle of the street, cheering, chanting "OBAMA", holding signs, climbing up street signs (!), climbing all over the UC Berkeley campus. We even started singing the Star Spangled Banner, and there was a live band somewhere. And it was going strong for HOURS. I LOVE Berkeley!