http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more When it was called, 75,000 voices screamed as one. Instantly, everyone within earshot of Grant Park knew Obama had won. And the crowd went wild. The crowd: black, white, east asian, south asian, hispanic, you name it. Old white folks in formal attire, youth in baggy pants and hip hop fashion, young kids with their parents, teenagers in groups, twentysomethings crying and hugging and jumping around. Complete strangers high-fiving and low-fiving and hugging. At least one couple, right in front of the Art Institute's Lions, locked in one of those End of the War swooning kisses. The noise: every car... Copyright 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:28:40 -0800 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:06:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wish I was there!! Damn the move to McHenry! Get me a t-shirt!!

]]> Laura http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1194637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1194637 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:33:48 -0800 Wish I was there too! Holla from The LOU!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1194644 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1194644 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:38:21 -0800 I would have been there but I had to teach tonight. So I'm watching the President-Elect right now on the TeeVee.

]]> Big_K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1194678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1194678 2008 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:01:45 -0800 It was unbelievable.

]]> bibliogrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1195455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/more#c1195455 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:06:06 -0800