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W…T…F?

Filed at 4:39 pm, Friday November 07th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

CNN wants us to buy t-shirts with their ridiculous website headlines on them.

Obama-Hilton pictures

Filed at 4:23 pm, Friday November 07th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

I don’t have access to a compact flash card reader to load the pictures off of my phone at the moment, but I’ll upload my photos of Obama leaving the Hilton Chicago later tonight, I promise.

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Filed at 3:46 pm, Friday November 07th 2008
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Filed at 3:34 pm, Friday November 07th 2008
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Filed at 3:04 pm, Friday November 07th 2008
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I’m waiting behind the hilton chicago for obama to exit.
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A site to watch

Filed at 12:04 pm, Friday November 07th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

Change.gov, a website set up by the Obama transition team with the outgoing Bush Administration’s approval, which promises to transparently document the transition process.
There’s not much content up yet, but it should be a good resource if the team lives up to its promise of transparency and openness.

Poll: Majority of Republicans afraid of Obama; Majority of Americans overall proud

Filed at 11:30 am, Friday November 07th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

The latest in post-election polling from the Gallup poll.

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Filed at 4:47 pm, Wednesday November 05th 2008
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Newspapers in chicago are going into extra printings and still selling out. People are hoarding them for history’s sake.
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Obama’s win: The biggest electoral landslide in 20 years

Filed at 10:24 am, Wednesday November 05th 2008
by Arlen Parsa

*** Obama’s rough margin of victory in the popular vote is 52% to 46% (94% of all national precincts reporting). You have to go back 20 years to find a president who has won more than 51% of the vote, and back all the way to 1964 to find a Democratic president who has.
*** Dems […]

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Filed at 1:15 am, Wednesday November 05th 2008
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A story that won’t show up on the news– how chicagoans marched out of grant park whooping. I’ll have video tomorrow.
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Filed at 11:11 pm, Tuesday November 04th 2008
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YES WE DID!
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Filed at 9:48 pm, Tuesday November 04th 2008
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Mccain camp has turned off the tv in their arizona ballroom. They’re in denial
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The crowd here in grant park is going crazy

Filed at 8:56 pm, Tuesday November 04th 2008
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Filed at 7:05 pm, Tuesday November 04th 2008
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We’re playing uno and chilling to cnn in grant park right now. No sign of security threats. Everyone is going nuts when new results are announced
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Asides


 # Every progressive blogger ought to read Chris Bowers post on building a bigger carrot.

 # Obama formally announces Tim Kaine as the new DNC Chair.

 # Eugene Robinson eviscerates McCain on the economy

 # McCain & Palin are lying about their crowd sizes