This is ridiculous. I watched others cry last night, but I didn't shed a tear.

[LittleClarkie]

Today I can't stop.

It started when I thought about the party last night, about all the people driving by the hotel where we had our party downtown, beeping their horns and waving signs out the window. I thought, "I helped elect this man president." And then I burst into tears.

Looking at the thread showing the reactions around the world, I just started up again Sheesh.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. I have been crying for about 15 hours now and don't expect it to stop anytime soon

I am a very emotional person and never hide my emotions, but I have almost scared myself with the depth of emotion over this victory.

On the shuttle back from the street festival in Dallas last night, the driver played "Lean On Me," and all of us were singing and swaying. Remember Bush's stupid and FALSE "I'm a uniter, not a divider" statement? Barack is the ultimate uniter.

I think all of us are struggling to put our thoughts into words.

[LittleClarkie]

2. The guy I was canvassing with kept calling me the decider

I couldn't get up the steps after a while, he'd climb them and knock. It was the last day and we were only going to the houses in an area that looked like they were home. I canvassed two more times after I'd told myself I couldn't go out again because my knee and feet were killing me. Cheated a bit on the last one because it was a quarter to 8 and two people in the canvass team could hardly walk. We were blind knocking with others in a ward, but it was so disorganized we couldn't tell where the other team members had been. When it became apparent that we were on a street that someone had just knocked 10 minutes ago, we just sorta stopped.

I cried in 2004 too, the day after. Cried like somebody had died. I didn't expect the same depth of emotion this time, but here I am. I think the historic nature of it all is finally sinking in.