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PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:39am
Wed Nov 5, 2008
3 comments

One Last Shot From Grant Park

Election Day

A little piece of video from the moments after Barack Obama ended his victory speech in Grant Park yesterday:

Despite the enormous crowd and the even larger historical context, the atmosphere was decidely respectful in Hutchison Field last night...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:29am
Wed Nov 5, 2008
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Indiana Goes Blue

Remarkable...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:10am
Wed Nov 5, 2008

More Reporting On Rahm As Chief Of Staff

Rahm Emanuel

On MSNBC just now, Newsweek's Howard Fineman reported that -- according to Josh Marshall's sources on Capitol Hill -- Rahm Emanuel has been offered the job of chief of staff to President Obama and he intends to accept it.  Fineman said you can "take that to the bank.&quot...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:11pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008

Barack Obama Is Our Next President

It's officially over. It feels pretty damn good...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:58pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008
1 comment

Congressional Race Updates

The AP has now called the 8th congressional race in Democrat Melissa Bean's favor. With 304 of 522 precincts reporting, Bean holds a 16 point advantage. Elsewhere, Biggert has widened her lead to 7 percent, Kirk still holds an 8 percent advantage, and Roskam is up 16 percent...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:33pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008

Live From Grant Park (Part Two)

Election Day

The house is full, folks. 

I'm not sure what happened, but about 45 minutes ago the floodgates opened and people suddenly began streaming into the Hutchison Field basin from all sides.  They arrived just in time to hear Blitzer call Ohio. 

While the news got a ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:32pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008

Halvorson wins, Foster retains seat (UPDATED)

The Democrats picked up a new seat in the south suburbs tonight as Debbie Halvorson has defeated Marty Ozinga, according to the AP. With 437 of 613 precincts reporting, she holds a massive 23 percent lead. The AP is also reporting that Rep. Bill Foster has retained the 14th ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
8:17pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008
4 comments

Live From Grant Park

Election Day

I arrived at the center of the universe -- excuse me, Grant Park -- about a half hour ago and folks will be interested to know that the security was very, very tight, at least at the media entrance.  Much more stringent than at Denver's Pepsi Center or Invesco Field at ...

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by Adam Doster
6:53pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008

Notes From Northwest Indiana

Election Day

- All day long, volunteers flooded into the Obama headquarters in Gary, coming from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.  By the time I arrived there in the late afternoon, staff were redirecting people to Portage County.

- The walls of the Gary headquarters were littered ...