KPCC Election 2008
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Intense emotion--the buzz words from Obama CA party
The excitement in the room is electric—girls are standing behind the press gallery screaming at the top of their lungs, seemingly at random. When CNN projected Obama as the winner the roar of the crowd was truly defeaning.
Antonio Villaraigosa just pushed his way through throngs of people. State Superintendent Jack O’Connell just spoke about defeating Proposition 8. Now Barbara Boxer is playing the role of responsible den mother, hushing the crowds to tell a serious story about her childhood and her sick mother. How this relates to Obama’s victory we’re not sure, but she’s probably going somewhere deep.
The mood here is so intense it’s almost surly. And McCain is now conceding, you can’t even hear what he’s saying.
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- November 4, 2008 8:19 PM
- Categories: 2008 Elections, U.S. Presidential Election
- Tags: California, Obama
Reporter's Notebook--Frank Stoltze at the Obama CA Victory Party
Century Plaza Hotel a madhouse as thousands gather for Obama victory party. Biggest political party in Los Angeles since the recall election that swept Arnold Schwarzenegger into office in 2003. Lots of young people, African Americans, Democratic party apparatchik and electeds. Talked to one financial planner who was raised in Eritrea. He’s proud America elected its first black president. So is his father back home. They talked by phone earlier and his father expressed hopes an Obama administration would do more to help African countries. The campaigning lasted until the last minute, with a phone bank set up in the lobby outside the main ballroom here, where callers urged people to the polls.
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- November 4, 2008 8:01 PM
- Categories: 2008 Elections, U.S. Presidential Election
The Media Shoving Match is On at the Obama CA party
I know that the real action is at the main Obama victory rally in Chicago, but we’re doing our best to show overwhelming enthusiasm here in L.A. as well. There are thousands of Obama-heads streaming into the Century City Hyatt, and there are almost as many media set up here as adoring supporters of the Democratic supporter.
KPCC is wedged in between KFI on one side and KNX on another, and you’ll be happy to know that we’ve tapped into the power supplies of our bigger commercial radio brethren. There is already intense pushing and shoving to get at the few noteworthy surrogates and elected Democrats that are in the room.
Your producer and correspondent will do our best to sabotage the broadcasts of our rival stations—oh, and we’ll also produce our usual top-notch programming.
The huge TV’s showing CNN in the main ballroom call Virginia for Obama, and the crowd goes nuts….many more of those moments to come, I’m sure.
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- November 4, 2008 7:59 PM
- Categories: 2008 Elections, U.S. Presidential Election
- Tags: California, Obama
How's Your Election Spirit?
Election fatigue is starting to plague even the most die-hard politicos. Are you still feeling engaged and interested in the primary race, or do you just want it to be over? Let us know.
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- May 5, 2008 7:32 PM
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- Categories: 2008 Elections, U.S. Presidential Election
