Elation at Obama headquarters in Des Moines

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: January 3, 2008
Elation at Obama caucus night event


Shock turned to celebration among Sen. Obama's supporters in Des Moines, Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) — At Obama's caucus night headquarters in Des Moines, the hall is filling up with people — many young — screaming "We did it!" When they see returns on the big screen TVs ,the crowd bursts into spontaneous rounds of Obama's campaign chant: "Fired up — Ready to go!"

Obama aides say returns show Obama did better than expected among seniors and in rural districts.

The candidate himself seemed to be in a confident mood today. At a visit to a restaurant this afternoon he told diners "I feel good" or "We're doing great." Obama began the day playing about an hour's worth of basketball with staff and old friends. He spent this evening with family at the Residence Inn and is expected at this hall later in the evening....

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UPDATE: "There's a lot of hugging going on. Everyone is excited, and quite frankly shocked," Steve Hildebrand, Obama's deputy campaign manager, tells CNN's Suzanne Malveaux. "We started a year ago. In a lot of respects it was a dream. We started with nothing. We were up against a Clinton, and a former vice presidential candidate who spent the last six years in Iowa. But we've only won one state. There are 49 to go. There's no doubt this will be a protracted fight. We have 26 more contests in the next 33 days."

He added that Obama, who (had) been watching results with his family and a small group of friends at his hotel, (would) be heading to the HyVee Hall soon for the party, then on to Portsmouth, New Hampshire around midnight.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/03/elation-at-obama-caucus-night-event/

[msongs]

1. maybe they were excited by the for-profit corporate health care opportunity? nt

[Bicoastal]

2. Ok, I'll bite...who's your candidate?

And why are you such a poor loser?

[msongs]

4. let's all have the same quality health care senators have! nt

[Bicoastal]

5. WHO. . .IS. . .YOUR. . .CANDIDATE? nt

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. K & R!