Eti Romney had only written one speech...That is why he is taking a bit longer to concede!!!!

Yeah yeah yeeeeeees.!!!! Now where is trump head

I give Obama and his people marks for running the most strategic elections we have ever seen. The popular vote is still 50/50 but the electoral votes are at 303/206. Amazing!

It's like a boxing match where one guy lands heavy blows and the crowd loves him but he heavily loses out on points to the strategic fighter who does zero damage.

I think this 'tight race' was nothing but media creation. But somehow it helped to diffuse overconfidence (remeand ensure Democrats, especially the African Americans turned up in large numbers to vote.

I also suspect that there could be silent celebration in the Republican camp. Obama has helped them (Republicans) get rid of McCain and Romney (as far as I know they can not run again). The Democrats may want to ensure that Obama passes on the baton to another Democrat in 2016(Hillary Clinton is a very likely successor) but it is also likely that a serious Republican contender will emerge in the next two years.

Friend --

I'm about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first.

I want you to know that this wasn't fate, and it wasn't an accident. You made this happen.

You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn't easy, you pressed forward.

I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing what I can to finish what we started.

But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place.

Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests.

There's a lot more work to do.

But for right now: Thank you.

Barack