"Yes We Did"
November 4, 2008
| 11:55 PM
CBS' Axelrod reports a group of people have gathered outside the WH to celebrate Obama's victory, chanting "Yes We Did" and "Obama." Pres. Bush called Obama at 11:12 p.m. Bush: "Mr. President-Elect ... What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters. ... I promise to make this a smooth transition. You're about to go on one of the great journeys of life."
Obama contributors and supporters got an e-mail sent to them: “I'm about to head to Grant Park but I wanted to write to you first, we just made history."
MLK daughter Bernice King: It means to me that the work that my mother and father sacrificed for was not in vain. ... It's something my father would be proud of America for. ... It's a new dawning of a day in America" (CNN).
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