Nathan Gorenstein writes:
Shortly before midnight what looked like hundreds, if not thousands, of mostly young people filled both sides of Broad Street as they marched towards south from the Temple Campus towards city hall about 45 minutes after Obama was declared the victor.
Some carried Obama signs, others snapped photographs as the few cars that crept by honked their horns. The happy crowd, both white and black, cheered. Some were in shirt sleeves waving their jackets.
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Thomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.
Nathan Gorenstein has covered politics and government in the city, state and nation for the Inquirer. He's worked in the city hall bureau, had a stint on the business desk, and once covered the suburbs. After serving as assistant regional editor, he was named editor of the "Politics" web site.
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