Posts tagged with 'chicago'

Breaking News: Chicagoans LOVE Obama

POSTED BY MICHAEL GSOVSKI, FEBRUARY 06 2008 09:37 PM | PERMALINK

Tuesday evening, I went to an Obama watch party at the Town Hall Pub on the northside of Chicago. So did a wide cross section of Chicago's young, politically savvy and creative demographics, a band called Devin and the Straights and Asahi TV (#1 news cast in all Japan!). I've filed an account using the joyous tool of Youtube, which apparently can transform something that takes 15 minutes to render into the most pixelated mush imaginable (and 45 minutes isn't enough either).

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Obama: Our Time Has Come

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 05 2008 11:44 PM | PERMALINK

Obama addressed a passionate crowd in Chicago to chants of "Obama, Obama" as he took the stage. Before beginning his speech, he introduced Dick Durbin, the Senior State Senator of Illinois, and declared how good it was to be back home. He then sent his condolonces to the victims of tonight's storms in Tennessee and Arkansas and said he hopes the federal government responds quickly and rapidly to get them all the help that they need. He then addressed the night's results, results which...