WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2008. November 5, 2008: Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeated Senator John McCain in Tuesday’s Presidential Election with a plurality of 4-1/2 Million votes, taking Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and piling up the electoral votes for a 334 to 155 electoral margin. When Mr. Obama was declared the winner in California at 11 P.M. the victory touched off spontaneous outrpourings of citizens in celebrations in Washington, D.C., Manhattan and cities across the land. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, students poured out into University of Michigan quad filling the famous square, then marched through the streets chanting the President-Elect’s name.
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The Moment of Victory: 11 P.M.: CNN Calls California.
Multitudes await the President Elect at Grant Park in Chicago as Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream Comes True. Hundreds were crying at the emotion of the moment. One of the enduring images was seeing the Reverend Jessie Jackson, tears streaming down his cheeks.
The President Elect Addresses the Multitudes.
President Obama in a short, eloquent acceptance speech adopted a conciliatory demeanor, reaching out to voters who did not vote for him, saying “I am going to need your help,” and “I will be your President, too.” He said America would “rise and fall as one nation as one people.” He urged the public to a higher aspiration, to rise above “partisan pettiness,” that he would “heal the divide that has held back our progress.” He said, “out of many we are one.” He said what distinguishes America is “the enduring power of our ideas: democracy,liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope” ” is the true genius of America.” He ended his speech with his theme, “Yes, we can:”
“This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.”
To read the complete text of President-Elect Obama’s speech, go to http://news.aol.com/elections/article/obamas-victory-speech-in-chicago/238195?icid=200100397x1212337596x1200821344
Democrats Seize Slim Margin in New York State Senate
In Tuesday local state elections, New York State Democrats won a 32-30 majority in the State Senate. Locally State Senator Suzi Oppenheimer won reelection to represent the 37th Senate District Tuesday, defeating challenger Liz Feld by 62% fo 38% of the vote (66,656 to 40,569). Assemblyperson Amy Paulin defeated White Plains Anthony Pilla for another term in the 88th Assembly District, 69% to 31% (30,690 votes to 14,088). Assemblyman Adam Bradley, running unopposed in the 89th Assembly District has been returned to a fourth term in the Assembly.
