Most of you guys know that Obama won the U.S. election. He is also known as the 1st black president and the 44th U.S. president. But before that, Barack Obama looks and acts like a guy who expects to win.Just look at his election eve schedule. While John McCain rushed around to seven states for last-minute campaigning on Monday, Obama didn’t appear before voters until after 11 a.m., the first of just three events for the day.Before that, he did radio interviews from his hotel room – then he headed out in sweat pants and a ball cap for a 45-minute workout at a gym “What is the one thing at this point that has you a little bit concerned?” he was asked by syndicated radio host Russ Parr.
“You know, I feel pretty peaceful, Russ, I gotta say,” Obama replied. “Because my attitude is, if we’ve done everything we can do, then it’s up to the people to decide. And the question is going to be who wants it more. And I hope that our supporters want it bad, because I think the country needs it.”
Obama’s supporters were nothing if not fired up. About 9,000 came to his event in conservative-leaning Jacksonville, while across the state in Tampa, McCain drew less than 1,000. Obama’s crowd was decked out in campaign T-shirts that said things like “Obama is my homeboy,” and stood in their seats at Veterans Memorial Arena before he got there, dancing to a warm-up soundtrack that included India.Arie’s song, “There’s Hope.”By now clad in suit and tie, he told them, “I have just one word for you, Florida: ‘Tomorrow.”‘Barack Obama takes the stage in FloridaActually, he had a lot of words for them – recapping his long campaign and looking to the future – once he quieted their screaming. Sensing victory, the crowd was exuberant.He talked about starting out “in the depths of winter nearly two years ago on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill.”
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