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The last roar of the 2008 election in WW

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

Bill McCaw: The WW Democrats are appreciative of McCain’s very gentlemanly concession speech. It’s too bad his handlers led him down the wrong path. ~~~~~~~~~ And here is Obama on the screen. This group roars along with the televised crowd. Applause grows like a sea swell, subsiding to hear him again. And when Obama speaks, all here [...]

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Shutting down a historic night

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

Folks here are waiting for this moment in history to draw to a close with President-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. They are nearly floating with anticipation of what is to come. Tomorrow brings a changed America, they are saying.

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They are lined up in front of the huge TV

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

The band is playing but has promised to stop when Barack comes onstage, because “there is no competition.”

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We’re in good hands in WW

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

A woman stopped by and said she was at the County auditor’s office to watch the counting. “I was impressed with the care and responsibility they were taking,” she said. “We’re in good hands here.”

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Can we be whole again?

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

We must be, said Dorothy Knudson, Presbyterian minister.

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It was the volunteers, they feel

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

Democrats in WW are giving credit to the numerous volunteers who turned out to to make the calls and canvass the neighborhoods. “There was a lot of enthusiam,” said Norm Osterman. “We sold truckloads of signs, t-shirts and buttons. There was a real pleasant spirit to the headquarters.” This election isn’t likely to make this red [...]

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This room can’t contain it all

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

Norm Osterman stands outside, unmindful of the chill. He’s never been better, he assures me. As part of a nation that will now come under an Obama presidency, Walla Walla will be as the rest of the country…a decent place to live in again, he believes. “The Bush administration wrecked the country, financially, emotionally and spiritually [...]

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How does victory sound?

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

tune in to our live feed while I count the honking cars going by

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The song goes like this..

By sheila | Published: November 4, 2008

Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug.. this time we’re the windshield, Nancy Monacelli tells this Blue crowd