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Well said Clay. This is not a time for sides of ours and theirs, but rather a time when American's have to support and push Obama now that he is all of our president for the "changes" we hope he can provide.

Welcome to the White House, Obma. You deserve to be there, with all the work you with your team, have proven how a believe system works.
The strength & your believes with your family showed your organization all over USA what is true.
Congratulation...

For those who are upset it is time for the change. A very good change.
Their is no need to racist, because we need each to make things work + one person can not do everything by themselves. It is not to treat other person of different culture negatively. They are the same as you + helping each other move things around.

The Blues enjoy your Day.....

God Bless All Americans.

John Wayne may have captured my feelings best: "I didn’t vote for him, but he’s my president, and I hope he does a good job."

Democrats should be careful saying things such as "THE WHITE HOUSE IS OURS". The White House, and what it stand for, belongs to us all. As George Bush showed us all, when you start believing that the White House is yours (and acting that way), you and your party will eventually be shown the door.

Anyone who thinks that this econcomic crisis isn't goign to get much worse before it gets better is either fooling themselves or just not paying attention. If President Obama can engineer an economic turnaround, good for him (and good for all of us). If he can't, the Republicans will get another chance in four years.

Win graciously, lose graciously. We all get our turn.

Hooray for Obama!! Finally some hope for America. McCain lost because he was a lousy choice. And Sarah Palin ha! I am so glad I don't have to hear her voice again. I am so glad she is returning to Alaska maybe McCain can join her up there. It sounds like a good place for "mavericks."

It's only a matter of time brfore the disillusionment begins and the democrats begin to turn on eachother. Four years from now, after the wars in Iraq and Afganistan have been lost, Russia becomes the USSR after taking back the Ukraine, gas is back up to $5.00 per gallon permanently, cost of a kilowatt hour of electricity has doubled, Iran is a nuclear power and an American city is 4000 degrees, we'll see just how popular the savior is.

Obama, I am praying that everyone will work with you to make America better.

MY state goes blue!
Florida, I am proud of you!
Whether you want to accept Obama or not, is of no consequence..deal with it just as we dealt with 8 yrs of Bush.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS OURS! YES WE DID!

Good Job AMERICA!!

The entire planet was hoping that you would once again (against all odds) do the seemingly impossible. No rockets red glare or bombs bursting in air; not a single shot – this time. Your flag is still there; but, it somehow shines bolder and brighter than ever before.

I'm not an American and had no part whatsover in this historic moment whatsovever. Tomorrow, I'll be just as poor as I am today; and I hope my old clunker of a car starts in mid-winter January; but, honestly....

I was a student in the 60s. For the first time in decades I feel like I could don a USA flag replica t-shirt and wear it while beaming with pride almost anywhere in the world people and feel safe and admired. Impersonating an American – Ah, remember those days?!

I'm saddened only by the thoughts of those of us who didn't live to see this day; grandparents, politicians, campaign supporters news people and just plain folks. Life is just too cruel sometimes.

Well neighbor, Congratulations on proving that you are still capable of being the most powerful and admired nation on the face of the earth.

Now try not to screw it up!!

Two words for why Barack Obama won Pennsylvania:

Joe Biden.

Sarah Palin is an idiot, and an absurd choice to be one step from the presidency, but she didn't lose this race for McCain. George W. Bush lost this race for McCain. (McCain reversing himself on everything that made him who he was in order to back Bush 90% of the time was the right way to win the Republican nomination and the backing of the party machine, but not the right way to win an election...he should have run as an independent.) George W. Bush severely damaged nearly every element of what makes this country great, including many of the things the Republicans have always touted as "theirs," shredding the constitution, making a mockery of government oversight, unleashing the economy to destroy itself and tank the stock market, and running the military into the ground. One more term like that and this country would have needed a revolution to bring itself back. Now hopefully that will happen as it was intended by our founding fathers...although they would have wished there to be an impeachment before we got to this point, as have I.

Barack and Joe, God bless you both, I hope this country can work together and get us all back in shape and move us forward not only for our own sake but for the whole world and future generations as well.

The reason that McCain lost this election is that the american people belive what the media feeds them as the truth. We are a country who blaims the President for our economy not the congress which controls the money and for the last two year has been democatic lead. . We also belive because a person is a good speaker they would be a good leader. Might I reminde us that the best speakers the world has know, have been dictators or tyrants. I am sad for america and americans. I am a vet who served his country in war time and I am now truely affraid for our security. I pray we are not in for a very troubling time.

Congratulations to the 44th President Mr.Barack Obama.Obama won the Presidency of the United States not because of a Democrats , a black,or the war ,economy in major but because his message to the USA and the world that need to be CHANGE the most hardest thing in life.He has faith in faith and doubt in doubts.He ran the campaign by HOPE instead of FEAR driven by John McCain.

I'm in PA. Everyone I talked to said they were afraid of Sarah Palin. Why did he pick her? I know many people who said they would have voted for McCain if he had a decent running mate.

Thank you America for getting it right. The whole world is willing to work with the new President and we are sure the world will be a better place. CONGRATULATIONS AMERICA AND IN DEED THE WORLD

Why don't all of you McCain supporters back away from your bowl of sour grapes and support the winner who bring true hope and change for the first time in 8 years of crap your president buried this country under...no one thinks he's going to magically change things overnight, it took 8 years for our country to become the laughing stock of the world, now we can actually have pride again. I was truly ashamed to be white tonight watching McCain's speech, the sea of angry white faces booing and acting like spoiled rotten children. You all need to grow up and buy a clue...we now all have a chance for a better country that will be respected in the world again. I'm sure you'll all be standing in line when you get your first tax break, because I sure as hell don't make over $250,000 a year! Grow up and wake up, people and admit you are mostly racist pieces of plop, that's the only reason you didn't vote for him, CASE CLOSED!

Now election is over, let's see if the winner will keep his promises( unrealistic- debt mounting promises- socialistic by nature and meant to fail). I see him as a great speaker, but I doubt how long it will take for us to realize that his 'lip service' will soon come to end. Well let's just wait and see if he can talk to the talk, and walk the walk. Big promises made are also big promises to be broke, Good luck to us all.

Hi everyone,

Obama raised up in white family (his mother side). He is a black man with white in his heart. No worries. You can tell, Cliton left behind over Billion dollars and Bush turned it into negative Billion dollars. Do you still trust Republican? Those money went into the pocket of Millatary Industries. Ha .....

Sam

voting for a man because of his race, religion, etc is a poor criterion to select a president. Foolish black people, trying to vindicate the ills against their grandparents voting for the antichrist who will destroy this country. He will turn the rest of america into ghettos and projects so all his supporters can know that their America is everybody elses. This is a sad day, when people elect a man based on the color of his skin rather than his qualifications. McCain was not much better, but he at least has half a clue of how this country ought to be run. Barry is an idiot and I hope he fails to prove that a black man with no experience has no "biznis" being president.

Everyone seems to believe Obama will solve all our problems and change the world. With expectations so high I fear we can only be disappointed. This is a distraction from personal action and responsibility. In 4 or 8 years we'll all be looking for the next person promising change.

I think what many people are failing to realize is that we are in a hole. I am an Obama supporter, and I stand by it for several reasons. But, we must not get caught up on this idea of "change." Yes, there will be a change, and I pray it's for the better, but to what extent is a change possible? And how drastic of a change is, in fact, possible given the current condition we are in? What are people really expecting? I think people are getting a bit caught up, and the last thing I think anyone (especially Obama) wants is for people to set the highest of high expectations for end results that Obama cannot live up to.

He won Pa because of the various reasons stated–which need not to be repeated. But I also think he won because, as Chris Rock stated, people are "voting for the man with one house!" Why not vote for some one you can relate to (outside of the race factor). He has just as much at stake as anyone of us. How about the fact that he has dedicated much of his work to issues that are relevant to any community–esp urban communities–where everyday students are denied equal access to educational resources, families are torn apart because people are losing jobs, or how about the international relations–Mexicans everyday are being killed everyday because they are in search for what they perceive to be a better life. It has been eight years of hardship for people across all vertical and horizontal levels. It is time for a change, and we are living in a historical moment.

So, let's not repeat history or taint this moment with ignorant, racist, and uncalled for comments such as "If I knew you people would be this much trouble I would have picked my own cotton." I think people like that have a lot of growing to do. It actually makes me wonder how you make it through life here, in America especially, when there are people here from different ethnicities. And "OBAMA may be the possible winner but they will have to live in the WHITE house. When does Air Force One get dubs, and the new call sign is 'The Soul Plane.'" is a prime example of how people limit their definitions of what it means to be of a particular ethnicity (or race as others put it). Since when does the color of a building mean anything? That's ridiculous, and I am ashamed for whoever lives next door to the person who made that comment. It baffles me that mentalities like that still exist, but on the other hand, it doesn't. It doesn't because just as you have the liberating voice, you also have the voice that counters that–one that is limiting and confining. One that is worse than of a child. I hope message really encourages people to think...but farther than just the political realm, also into their own lives...this is a time for change...a time to uplift the conscious minds in America...we're not all shallow and superficial.

Good luck Mr. Obama, good luck Mr. Biden, good luck America,
Sincerely from Montreal

nice to see a change, i hope all americans will work with this man and let go his race, the war within american citizens with all there wealth is more than that in nigeria, even though our citizens dont have good ELECTION like u people have, we make do with our SELECTION process SO STOP AND STOP war of WORDS get back to how to bring soldier back from the DESERT.

FOR ALL ( R ) sorry SEE YOU ON 2058

Thank you my home state for helping this Country make the right choice. Obama all the way. Good Try McCain, Good Try.

Thank God it's all finally over. lmao. Sorry to all my fellow Republicans, and McCain (I'm a recent war vet), but I'm glad Palin isn't going to the White House lol.

Maybe if they'd have given her a VP study guide before answering any questions she'd know what a VP's role really is.

At least CNN is consistent, I write a thoughtful piece on why long-time Republicans who I know changed parties for this election, and it gets ignored. I reduce it to a 4 word sound byte and it goes up. Keep the infotainment coming.

Hey Tango Girl, its ok you do not have to recognize BO as your President, But the fact is, HE IS your President, Sleep On that toonight. The extra "o" is for Obama !

It's funny how now white's want to claim Obama as half white. You want to know why biracial people are considered black? Because the white people never claimed them as their own and we embraced them.

Oh Yea.....Mr. Barack Obama is BLACK

McCane lost because:

1. Agreed with Bush on key issues
2. First major decision : VP Sarah Palin had lots of issues
3. Tried to play politics with financial disaster and got caught
4. Acted and Looked irrational at times in front of cameras
5. Took the "scare" road instead of the "hope" road
6. Couldn't break out of the old fool role set by TV comedians
7. POW card got old
8. Not as intelligent as Obama

It's funny how now white's want to claim Obama as half white. You want to know why biracial people are considered black? Because the white people never claimed them as their own and we embraced them.

Phew, now that Obama almost won, we can all sleep in peace.

Boy, I'm glad its over! Now I hope this country can get to the business of healing & strengthening the people & the economy. May God bless everyone!! By the way, Sen. is an excellent choice for VP & I wish Gov. Palin the best & maybe we'll see her back on the scene in2012.

Im not American and I live as far away from the US than anyone else, NZ to be in fact...bt I like many of people around the world are watching how the American people are VOTING..because as shocking as this may sound to some Americans who you vote for as president could affect the future of the world, Even a country as small and far away as NZ. The American Economy Crisis was felt,on this side of the world..You mite not care about the rest of the worldor you dont know we exist...bt please go out and exercise your right to VOTE the best person for the job. A right stil deny to some people in some parts of the world.
If Voted i know who ill choose bt alas it doesnt count..so on our behalf go out and VOTE.

obama is the answer to global crises

LOL @ "Obama isn't black"

denial is hilarious

Wow! I can finally be proud to be an American... what a thought!

Morgan,Morgan, Morgan it's not racist it's profound thinking that some of you people don't understand.

May be, but this is the best possible news for rest of the world. We loved america in the nineties. Its time to renew the friendship again. We love you americans for not electing someone as VP who thinks that man & dinosaur lived togeather 6000 years ago! Obama wins, Democracy wins, Science wins, Common sense wins!

It's the economy, stupid.

Sorry Nathan but the polls say otherwise..Sarah Palin was a DRAG on this ticket and even some Repubs admit that!

Thank you americans! Now we can trust USA! After 8 years!

Tango Girl with your little finite mind, who cares if you recognize Obama as President or not, it will be a reality you cannot change so get with it or suffer within yourself because no one else cares.

Obama isn't black...he's 1/2 black. We have still never had a BLACK president.

Everyone please ignore this tahaitianreet person. Hee doesn't have a clue

Tango girl, you are nobody and will remain so. No one cares whether you acknowledge BO as president, he will still be President, just like we had to suffer through the last eight years under Bush. The sad part is, your pathetic life will be improved with an Obama win, just like the rest of the United States. How ironic. For those of you that found it necessary to make overtly racist comments, I see the manifestation of your own self hate. Most of you are probably a quarter black anyway, living a lie.

THANK YOU PENNSYLVANIA BUT REMEMBER WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, WHITES, BLACKS, LATINOS, CHRISTIAN AND JEWS, WE SHALL NOT BE DIVIDED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE ONE, WE ARE ALL AMERICANS.

My heartgoes out to McCain, but I am an Obama supporter and I am excited about what is going on. This is a moment that is very emotional for many African Americans like myself. We have been through so much as a race counted and treated almoost as unhuman and not important to America. We have fought and struggled to get to this point and it is overwhelming. The fight is not over yet, but it is very close.

OBAMA may be the possible winner but they will have to live in the WHITE house. When does Air Force One get dubs, and the new call sign is "The Soul Plane."

finaly O B A M A itold you john.....on 2007

I'm a proud Canadian, but tonight I'm envious of the American people.You had JFK, and now you have Obama. One can only hope and pray that you will work with him, have patience, and above all appreciate what a rare opportunity you may have with this gifted young man.
Way to go America!

I'm curious how tahitianreet's overtly racist comments are making it onto the comment board. –Though it may very well be a good sign that everyone's ignoring them. Still, they're directly racist, ugly, and offensive.

I'm excited about the impending Obama victory. But even most McCain supporters would be offended by the incendiary racism, I'd think (despite reports of the things that have been said by the crowd at Palin rallies).

Charlie Bradley that is not nice. Leave Palins family out of it. The you betcha was funny though.

Let the celebrating begin? It is a SAD day for America. I will get behind my new leader, but he was not my choice. I hope the fear I feel right now will later be proven unfounded. I sincerely do.

As a register republican, I voted for Obama. We can not afford to spend $10 billions every month to stay in Iraq. Every American is paying $500 a year to support this war. Only President Obama can bring our troops home quickly.

The biggest reason is none other than Palin.

Que Viva Hillary Clinton! We know how to stay together for whats best for all of us! Always Obama!

Wonga, He lost in VA because every time you see a car with a Virginia plates it looks like a load of coal is being transported.

AND THAT"S THE BALLGAME FOLKS!!!!! McCain can not win without PA (and Ohio), so it's officially game over for McCain. Let the celebration begin!!!!

Oh, and a note to the angry Republicans...you are truly sore losers. McCain made mistakes in his campaign (like Palin...huge mistake). Now get over it so we can work together and solve the problems we face!!!! We would do it if we lost...now it's your turn. Don't be angry or bitter. Work with us, together we can change the country...together we can change the world!!!

He lost for many reasons, like being so close to Bush then claiming he would make changes, but never said what those changes were.....and Palin, that was the nail in his coffin

Tyrel,
You people love one white man...........Colonel Sanders. If I knew you people would be this much trouble I would have picked my own cotton.

the main reasons McCain has lost all of the states in which he has lost can be sumed up in a very few words

You Betcha
Caribou Barbie
Tina Fey
Sarah
Todd
Piper
Willow
Bristol
Track
Palin

Obama won because people were looking for someone to inspire them – McCain just didn't deliver the inspiration factor...

He lost because he thought we were stupid enough and fearful enough to buy his politics of division and the pretense that he actually cares about the common man.

A black VP?? Like who? Joe Biden is The Man!!!

McCain probably would have won PA if he had picked Tom Ridge instead of Palin!!!

Hellooo jimmy carter....all over again. "hope" he does well, but we better have more than hope going for us. like a bit of ability and courage, perhaps. let's see what kind of "change" we are looking at when the tests begin.... as they will.

Debbie, with or without Palin, he will still lose.

Voting for the white guy is racist but voting for Obama because he is black isnt racist? Both candidates are sorry choices and it is pathetic that they were the best the parties could come up with.

Mccain lost to clinch the republican presidential nomination in 2000 and this time round he is about to lose the presidency because of bush. How ironic!!!

Dirty campaigning if you ask me.

McCain lost because he's full of shigatty!!!!!

Yes we can! Yes we can!

he lost because he was unlucky

really vic? hate and lies? grow up.

He lost because we are a state of people who have had enough and we want change! We are losing our jobs at an alarming rate. We are worse off than 4 years ago, we need change for our future and our children. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!

McCain lost because of Sarah Palin. This was McCain's race to win and he focused more on himself and not this country.

It's time for the pageant queen to head back to Alaska and focus on her career there and her family.

Keep your fingers crossed that Fl and NC will go BLUE

Interesting ! The rookie did it !

No matter what I will never recognize BO as the president.

I have to agree with most here Sarah Palin with her rallies of division and sometimes even racists is costing Sen McCain in this race. When people say they want change they also mean not the old Karl Rove divison and fear politics as before. I really do like Sen McCain but his choice of VP was not good at all.

The above comments are ridiculous and uncalled for. Sarah was a great pick and with regards to the economy, spreading the wealth idea will never work and will create great economic distress. Hope your wishes do not come true.

McCain thought that he could "play" PA voters on issues, just as he thought he could sell voters nationwide by selecting Sarah Palin as a running mate.

And Tyrel, Obama selected the right VP in Joe Biden.....they are both intelligent men who know how to deal with the issues that are important to our country. Race does not matter. Intelligence and character does....and Obama and Biden have what it takes. They are a team....as we should be as a nation.

he is losing because of the voter fraud just pay attention. Woman goes to polls her registration had been changed to Harrisburg even though she has lived in Waynesboro since 1991. Come to find out ACORN sent in a change off address on this woman without her knowledge. look it up Waynesboro PA local paper . Why indeed

all those lies have caught up with him–now send the moose killer back home and don't let her leave again

Don't believe the Republicans...they are sore losers. Obama is not going to spread the wealth...it's just the 16th amendment...the progressive tax system we've been using since the late 1800's. America saw through the lies of the McCain/Palin machine. In a voice loud and clear. we've voted for the best candidate!!!

He lost because of you people that don't realize that once obama is in that our already messed up country will be even more messed up. You people are so naive. You just want a black man in because you are all black lovers. What can I say my parents raised me not to like black people.

McCain and Palin and their politics of hate and lies is what did them in.

Obama won Pennsylvania because he spent, spent, and spent almost 6 to 1 in advertisements more than the amount of money John McCain could ever dream of spending in the state or nationwide.

Don't forget Obama is a 600,000,000 dollar Baby!

Good for him

SARA PALIN,SARA PALIN,SARA PALIN ..NEED I SAY MORE !!

Grow up and get over the color and race differences.
For the first time commend the person who is more graceful and smarter than an angry old man!!

He lost because he had Sarah Palin as his running mate.

Guess you thought wrong and so did McCain. You were all out of touch and Obama was right. Lots of people are going to be eating words and standing in amazement.

Because the people of PA know a good president when they see one! they took no responsibility fr the last one, lucky people, so now they are definitely part of making history and bringing in the best guy for the job. I think Mccain/Palin did not get the job because they did not qualify and were too negative for the American people.

i feel bad for Mr. McCain but his running mate really did hurt him.

McCain was poorly advised, period. The election was his to lose and he lost it, just as Hillary did.

Sarah Palin was the main reason McCain isn't doing well... he showed such poor judgement in allowing her to be "his" choice that he forfeited the entire race.

Unbelieveable. I can't believe that McCain even got one vote. What a redneck country we live in – voting for the white guy even though he has no scruples. So pathetic.

Finally a black man is president. Obama should have selected a black VP instead of Biden.

Ummmmmm, he lost in VA b/c he lies and he has no morals. Oops, I mean he's a republican!!