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Obama and Chicago

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Obama supporters celebrate in Grant Park, Chicago
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On Tuesday night in Chicago, nearly a quarter million people filled Grant Park to celebrate the election of Barack Obama. They laughed, they cried, the danced, and they stayed up all night partying like it was the weekend. Now that it actually is the weekend, we wondered if the party was still going. To find out, we got Ben Calhoun on the line. He's the political reporter for Chicago Public Radio.

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