I get daily email alerts from the Wall Street Journal and they have been coming out one after the other as the election results are being announced. When I got this one from this now more conservative periodical a couple minutes before CNN projected the winner, I knew it was done!
date Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:50 PM
subject WSJ NEWS ALERT: Obama on Verge of Historic Victory
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NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal
Nov. 4, 2008
Barack Obama appeared set to become the nation's first African-American president, after beating John McCain in key battleground states.
Obama won Pennsylvania and Ohio earlier in the night, and was projected to win Colorado and Virginia as well.
California releases results at 11 p.m. ET.
And then these came.....
date Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:35 PM
subject WSJ NEWS ALERT: McCain Concedes Race, Saying Americans 'Have Spoken'
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NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal
Nov. 4, 2008
Sen. John McCain conceded the presidential race to Sen. Barack Obama, telling his supporters in Arizona that the "American people have spoken, and spoken clearly." He congratulated Obama in a phone call shortly after 11 p.m. EST, Obama's spokesman said. Obama thanked McCain for his graciousness, accepted his concession and asked his rival for help in leading the country.
date Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
subject WSJ NEWS ALERT: Obama Tells Supporters 'Change Has Come to America'
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NEWS ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal
Nov. 5, 2008
Barack Obama claimed victory at a speech in Chicago, telling thousands of cheering supporters: "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."
He applauded John McCain's hard-fought campaign and his long record of service to the country.
Obama said: "It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day ... change has come to America."
Wow!..... Yeah! That is what I'm talkin about!!
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
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