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Ellen McGirt — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:30:45 -0400

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Ellen McGirt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:57:29 -0500

We thought this day would never come.

I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen--a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a national ticket.

President-elect Obama has run an extraordinary campaign, harnessing powerful social tools that came into widespread adoption just in time to help "a skinny guy with a funny name"(as he puts it) become a symbol of a truly democratic America, where anyone can in fact become President.

Government 2.0: Can President-Elect Obama Take What He's Learned On The Road to The Beltway?

Ellen McGirt — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:55:56 -0500

We thought this day would never come.

I cried in the voting booth yesterday. Like so many others, I had barely let myself believe that this could really happen– a woman and an African American, serious contenders on a national ticket.

President-elect Obama has run an extraordinary campaign, harnessing powerful social tools that came into widespread adoption just in time to help, as he puts it, “a skinny guy with a funny name,” become a symbol of a truly democratic America, where anyone can, in fact, become President.