Election night blogger meet-up by Kevin Anderson, Some Rights Reserved
I'm spending election night at National Public Radio headquarters in Washington helping host a blogger meet-up. We're here as long as it takes. I'll be keeping an eye on blogs following the election results tonight. If you see an interesting link, pass it along. You can also follow the updates on Twitter via GuardianUS08.
One of the things that I've been hearing all day are emotional stories of African-Americans casting their vote, mostly for Obama. Jonathan Martin of Politico has been collecting stories from voter. Here is one story from Philadelphia:
Here in Philly, I have never in my life seen so many black men crying let alone crying as they left the voting precinct. My friends who also are canvassing and working the polls have noticed the same thing. Young and old. In the black community, it's unheard of.
