Wednesday
Nov052008
Live Blog: The Moment of Victory
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 4:05
4:00 a.m. CNN projects Barack Obama as President-elect. BBC have him over the top with 293 electoral votes. Fox have conceded.
There will be time to run through the "meaning" of this victory. Real meaning, as in policies to get out of the economic/financial mess, policies to deal with the foreign policy tangles from Iraq to Afghanistan to the Middle East to Latin America, policies to make significant social change rather than the posturing of "culture wars".
But, for now, we're raising glasses of champagne here in Kings Heath, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 4000 miles away but, tonight, very close to "America".
3:59 a.m. Well, the other shoe just dropped. About an hour later than I expected, but no need to quibble now.
There will be time to run through the "meaning" of this victory. Real meaning, as in policies to get out of the economic/financial mess, policies to deal with the foreign policy tangles from Iraq to Afghanistan to the Middle East to Latin America, policies to make significant social change rather than the posturing of "culture wars".
But, for now, we're raising glasses of champagne here in Kings Heath, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 4000 miles away but, tonight, very close to "America".
3:59 a.m. Well, the other shoe just dropped. About an hour later than I expected, but no need to quibble now.
