People who stayed up late, bleary-eyed from television or online page clicking, woke up needing something to touch. They sought physical proof that it wasn't all just a dream from a computer monitor's blue glow.
I know that I haven't really yet grasped the enormity of the election. Watching the returns on Tuesday night I knew that when the polls closed on the West coast that Obama would be declared the winner. It was obvious by 10:30 that the networks and the cable news outlets were trying to kill time until 11:00. They all waited. The suspense was painful. And then...it's over. I felt numb. Would a copy of a newspaper declaring Obama the President Elect make the event more real for me? Probably not.
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At first, I didn't believe it. I was staring at the words on the CNN broadcast "projected winner." After 2000 (and living in Florida at the time), I knew that it could all change. They could have made a mistake- damn chads. I didn't want to be robbed of that feeling, so I didn't let myself feel it... at least for a few moments.
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