Obama/Biden Victors

Damon Winter/The New York Times. Article Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/us/politics/05elect.html?scp=3&sq=Obama%20wins&st=cse

The Democratic Ticket wins election in landslide while the dems. take over the country with a majority in both houses of Congress

-The democrats took over Washington.  The Democrats gained 19 seats in the House of Representatives giving them 254 seats versus 173 seats for the Republicans.  The Democrats also gained 5 more seats in the Senate giving them 56 seats versus 40 seats for the Republicans.

As an intern for a local race in the 20th district, I have never before seen so many people come together for one purpose.  Our campaign was driven by grassroots efforts.  Volunteers pushed our campaign to victory everyday by making phone calls, posting signs, and spreading the word about my candidate door by door.  The same goes for Obama’s campaign.

The last week on the campaign trail, all democratic campaigns were recruited to get out the vote at various field offices for the Obama campaign.  Together we made phone calls, we canvassed, we dropped lit, and we made sure people got out to the poles.

I can personally say that this election was challenging.  My candidate’s incumbent put out nasty commercials that truly painted a false picture of her.  Our signs were taken down every day we put them out.  McCain’s campaign also fought dirty.  There were so many desperate attacks on Obama.

Yes, if you couldn’t tell, I was backing Obama this entire time.  I’m excited to see what happens as Obamas cadidacy unfolds as he leads a Blue nation.

However, this leaves me wondering.  The dems. clearly have a hold on the country.  They have a majority in every branch!  Will this lead to corruption?  Has America’s system of checks and balances been rendered obsolete?

Only the next 4 years will tell.