I’m a little late with this, but here is a clip from last week’s 60 Minutes featuring correspondent Steve Croft interviewing key Obama staffers David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Robert Gibbs and Anita Dunn. The interview is notable because it catches these people exhausted and emotionally drained mere hours after Obama’s triumphant victory speech in Grant Park.
Wayne is otherwise detained, but he forwarded this letter from Senator Joyner and Senator Justice to Governor Crist regarding the issues with the Hillsborough County Elections office. Will Gov. Charlie get involved? Stay tuned …
CNN went all Star Wars on viewers election night with Princess Leia stand-in Jessica Yellin reporting via hologram. (Where was Admiral Ackbar??) Help us Barack Obama, you’re our only hope!
The 2008 election lived up to the hype, and proved to be the most historic and exciting election in a generation (if not more). It was a hectic night, but we at CL kept you up to speed with constant dispatches from around the Bay area. If you missed it, or just want to relive the excitement one more time, here are our greatest hits from last night:
And finally: What did you think of our coverage? What can we do better in the future? Sound off in the comments section. And thanks for reading!
(Photo by Alex Pickett.)
Last night, Sen. Barack Obama defeated Sen. John McCain and was elected the 44th President of the United States. He then delivered the following speech to the incredible crowd in Chicago’s Grant Park. Here’s looking forward to the next four years …
The PoHo reports in on local races from the Obama victory party in Tampa:
By 9:30 p.m., the crowd at the official Barack Obama Florida party at the Tampa Marriott Waterside in downtown had swelled to about 300-400 revelers, most jubilant, a few still anxious. Each state that goes for Obama on the giant screen TV of CNN brings a wave of cheers and chants of “Yes We Can. Yes We Can.”
Florida’s leading Democrat, CFO Alex Sink, has been here from the start, giving media interviews and brushing aside my question about whether she will run for Governor in 2010. “It depends on what our current governor does,” she said.
Other leading Tampa Democrats in the house included: former Plant City Mayor John Dicks; former state Sen. Les Miller and his wife, Tampa City Councilwoman Gwen Miller; and Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder.
More of David Warner’s interviews from the Marriott:
Here’s Online Producer Stephen Hammill’s video from the Obama party at the Waterside Marriott.
David Warner interviews a Marriott employee on her past experience with big nights like this.
More from the Marriott:
This just in from food critic Brian Ries, manning CL’s Sarasota office today:
“Nope, it’s not photoshopped. Republican Laura Benson is running for state house in Sarasota’s district 69 against incumbent Keith Fitzgerald (D). Her campaign has been marked by numerous attack ads (Keith is responsible for your high gas prices!) and a little scandal involving a few Tampa Republicans with ties to Benson’s campaign manager backing a pretend Green Party spoiler candidate (http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20081103/BREAKING/811030226?Title=Testy_race_winding_down).
But this … this is just art for arts sake. Someone took the time to measure her big, roadside campaign signs and produce a full-color cut-out head of Robert Guillaume to tack onto Laura Benson’s hateful melon. Benson. Get it?”
UPDATE: We’re open for business at 8:49 pm, here just before the start and watching “The Biggest Loser.” Appropriate, huh?
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Just a reminder for you to join us tonight as we live blog our thoughts as Barack Obama and John McCain duke it out in Round 2 of the 2008 presidential debates. This one is live from Nashville.
I’ll put up an open thread just before 9 p.m. Drinking game words: middle class, economy, tax cuts, terrorists, William Ayers (double shot), Charles Keating (double shot), moose (entire bottle or full beer), every time Brokaw mumbles.
The debate setting at Belmont University in the Music City
