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		<title>Wrapping up late in Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Phew.
I can&#8217;t - and won&#8217;t for your sake - describe the last few hours here in Chicago.
For final stories that will appear in tomorrow&#8217;s paper, click here and here. There are many things I could say about tonight&#8217;s events.
The first is how early it all took place, breaking the trends of the most recent elections. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/thepolitiker/index.php/archives/244</link>
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		<title>Obama wraps up Indiana late</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it took a while, but Barack Obama has won Indiana, putting it in the blue column for the first time since 1964. It was a little late for tomorrow&#8217;s print edition, but here&#8217;s the story that went online early Wednesday morning.
President-elect Barack Obama squeaked out a 13,000-vote victory in Indiana on Tuesday, putting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama minutes away from taking center stage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 10 p.m. CNN called the election for Barack Obama by giving him Virginia. This was followed by what has definitely been the loudest cheer yet from this crowd at Grant Park.
Here in Chicago things got really crazy very quickly. Around 10:15 someone went on stage for a sound check. So far that has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/thepolitiker/index.php/archives/237</link>
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		<title>Thousands await the next president in Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Obama&#8217;s victory almost all but certain now, thousands in Chicago are growing antsy and anxious to see the next president speak.
A loud cheer went up when the TV airing CNN quoted McCain advisors who admitted his chances of winning the race were all but gone.
People in the crowd are waving flags and hitting beachballs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/thepolitiker/index.php/archives/234</link>
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		<title>Obama pulls ahead, supporters await speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sea of people has formed at Grant Park, as Obama supporters await election results- most of which seem to be in Obama&#8217;s favor.
About a dozen American flags have been placed throughout the crowd, which is packed and is impossible to predict how many are here. There are two main areas where supporters are watching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lt. Gov. Skillman delivers acceptance speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From IDS reporter Lauren Clason at Conseco Fieldhouse:
Following defeated Democratic candidate’s Jill Long Thompson’s concession speech, lieutenant governor Becky Skillman fired up the crowd with praises of Republican Governor Mitch Daniels.

“Elections are about identifying challenges, proposing solutions, and effecting change,” Skillman said. “This past four years big change has come to Indiana…Hoosiers acknowledge that today, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/thepolitiker/index.php/archives/229</link>
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		<title>Unannounced procedure throwing off Monroe vote totals</title>
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From IDS reporter Amanda Bridgman at the Justice Building in Bloomington:
The problems with vote counting  in Monroe County is because of an unannounced change in the procedure,  Guy Loftman, member of the Monroe County election board said. The election  board made a decision at a meeting about a month ago that no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/thepolitiker/index.php/archives/225</link>
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		<title>Long Thompson concedes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just gotten word from IDS reporter Sean Morrison at Jill Long Thompson headquarters that the Democratic gubernatorial nominee has conceded the race to Gov. Mitch Daniels. This makes it official, although Daniels has been up more than 15 points all night.
Daniels and co. are currently celebrating at Conseco Fieldhouse, home of the Pacers. Daniels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monroe County having trouble with vote counts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED 9:07 p.m.
IDS City &#38; State editor Deanna Krinn is monitoring local elections. She reports:
Our correspondent at the Justice Building downtown has been awaiting county election results for the past two hours or so, and apparently it sounds like there are some complications arising. Information gathered from a conversation overheard by Amanda from county election [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/thepolitiker/index.php/archives/217</link>
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		<title>Daniels gets early victory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[IDS reporter Lauren Clason is in Indianapolis at Mitch Daniels&#8217; rally inside Conseco Fieldhouse. She reports:
Republican Mitch Daniels has once again been crowned governor of the state of Indiana.
Supporters both young and old came out at his election night rally at Conseco Fieldhouse, including everybody from teenagers too young to vote to seasoned factory workers.
&#8220;He [...]]]></description>
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