Word: michigan
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Uyvonne Page, 59, is among the crowd on Michigan Avenue after getting up early to vote. She says she set three alarms for Tuesday, starting at 3 a.m., so she could arrive at her South Side Chicago polling station by 5 a.m. Page, a part-time artist, says she donated $35 to Obama's presidential campaign...
Earlier, when states that Obama won were called out, folks in the condos along Michigan Avenue screamed. And of course, so did people waiting on Michigan Avenue. There was even a McCain supporter in the crowd, Jack Nagle. His daughter is a Democrat and hard-core Obama supporter. "It makes dinner interesting," he says. "But in Chicago, you've just got to take your licks and keep moving. Obama's going to be President, and for that, all I can say is congrats...
...major networks have now called Ohio, Iowa and New Mexico for Obama, along with upper Midwest blue states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and trends in Florida are looking pretty good too. The Democrat now has 206 electoral votes in his column, and with West Coast states California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii almost certainly going his way later tonight, he is well on his way to becoming the next President of the United States...
...Michigan: No Talking to Voters Please, 8:00 a.m. E.T. Here in Michigan, medical marijuana is on the ballot. So is stem cell research. Election Day weather forecasts call for 72 degrees and lots of sun. Huh? Apparently, Michigan is masquerading as California. But in a year featuring record housing foreclosures, massive job losses and the prospect of the Big Three Automakers downsizing to the Nearly Bankrupt Two, maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that Michigan residents want to try something different. Some cities are predicting as many as 80 percent to 90 percent of those registered will vote...
...Violence, 7:30 a.m. E.T. By most accounts, Barack Obama's adopted hometown is treating Nov. 4 as a sort of holiday. Businesses are closing mid-afternoon, if they're bothering to open at all. Classes are canceled. German tourists are marching down Chicago's most prominent boulevard, Michigan Avenue, wearing tee-shirts bearing Obama's face.The authorities estimate some 1 million people will assemble in downtown Chicago for what they believe will be celebration tonight in Grant Park, overlooking Lake Michigan. Never mind that there are barely 70,000 official tickets to the official Obama-Biden party...