5:04 — “I just left a packed laundromat. EVERY person there was watching the TV, even the young teenagers. This is amazing.” — Barry The Republican (BTR)
5:34 — “I’m here now. Walked past Brokaw. He looks good.” — Barry Bonds (BB), from the NBC floor
6:04 — “Okay, people. Be ready. I should know stuff in the next hour or so…NBC has good food, btw…” — BB
7:17 — “Keep an eye on Indiana…might get projected soon.”
8:54 — “It sucks to be in Texas right now” — Hello My Name is Shai (HMNS), from Houston
9:07 — “Fox News electoral count: 163-81 obama” — BB
9:20 — “foxnews projects ohio for obama…” — BB
9:23 — “OHIO!!!!!” — Rachelle (RM)
9:24 — “Watch for Florida. If that goes Obama, it’s game over for McCain.” — BB
9:26 — “Big money” — RM
9:31 — “NM!” — RM (shouting out New Mexico)
9:37 — “It’s done! Go Ohio.” — HMNS
9:48 — “FNC EV: 200 – 90 Obama” — BB
10:02 — “You know…with Joe downtown right now!” — Des (DB), live from The Chi
10:16 — “Yeehah!” — The Fabulous DK, from Chicago/Indiana
10:21 — “I voted 5000 TIMES” — HMNS (who isn’t a citizen, for the record)
10:24 — “Us too bro!” — DB, probably in response to me writing “we’re going crazy here”
10:24 — “Well, we’re pretty Fucking awesome. And I guess my vote counted.” — Northern Iowa (NI), in response to my cheers for Iowa
10:32 — “Whatchu expect? We rule!” — Southern Iowa (SI)
10:42 — “fox news is giving Virginia to Obama…” — BB
10:49 — “FNC EV: 220-138″ — BB
11:03 — “OBAMA WINS” — BB
11:06 — “YEAH DUDE!!!!” — Yogi Marisa (YM)
11:22 — “It is a new day.” — SI
11:23 — “Shots. Now. Come home.” — Harpo Marxist (HM), after I ran down to Telephone Bar to celebrate with a host of Latinos for Obama
11:38 — “Oh shit! Can you believe it? Time to celebrate!” — NI
11:41 — “Si se we did it” — C. Denby (CD), possibly mixing a couple of thoughts there
11:44 — “tears” — RM
11:58 — “Firecrackers on Vandy and peeps stopping traffic while singing star bangled banner” — YM, reporting from the street in Brooklyn (I like “bangled”)
12:03 — “Never in my life have I been prouder to be an American.” — Raunchy (RK), from Miami
12:04 — “OBAMA’S GETTING A PUPPY?!” — Carey (CO’B), focusing on what matters
12:05 — “Let it flow. Ran in the street w champagne and friends and now we wait. wow” — RM, pre-speech
12:06 — “Stuff is going to the White House–via HOLOGRAM!” — CO’B, referring to our imaginary puppy stuff and, of course, Will.I.(Hologr)Am
12:10 — “unreal” — RM
12:15 — “Wow. This speech is incredible.” — CO’B
12:18 — “Michelle Obama. Hot.” — CO’B (at this same time, everyone in our bar was predicting a new Obama baby in nine months)
12:31 — “Is it weird that I am still in shock? I’m watching TV and I’m like, why are there regular commercials playing? Do they know what just happened here? I just can’t believe he won! His speech was incredible.” — CO’B
(Note…my inbox was full by now. I might have missed a bunch of incoming messages while I deleted some old ones. My apologies.)
12:36 — “best moment for being american. The democratic campaign has made me proud to be american many this, but this is the best.” — Lala Vega (LV)
12:57 — “People are setting off fireworks in my neighborhood” — CO’B, live from BK
1:14 — “:-)” — Diane (DA), in response to my semi-mass “Best night of my life” text (as are the next chunk of messages)
1:14 — “Yes we can!” — Jason (JG), live from the front in The Chi
1:20 — “Yes we can! This is so wonderful!” — Buck Fifty (B5), from New Orleans
1:20 — “So true” — Big Joe (JM) from The Chi
1:20 — “i’m a sloppy tear streaked mess & yes me 2″ — CD
1:20 — “I have a latinos for obama poster. Lots of people wanted to take pics. We tried getting into the victory party, but it was full. I danced in the streets.” — Cindylu (LU), live from LA
1:20 — “Yo, I was there. the sight of an old black couple crying here was the most powerful thing i’ve ever seen.” — duD (duD), live from The Chi
1:21 — “We did it! It’s a new day!” — Heather (HM), from OH! IO! CLEVELANDWHAT!
(And then my bag got stolen from the bar, which sucks, so then there’s some texts related to that. And then this morning…)
9:23 — “YES YES YES HOLY SHIT GOOD MORNING!!!!! WE DID” — Rock Star Lila (RSL), live from Louisville
