Progress Illinois

A little piece of video from the moments after Barack Obama ended his victory speech in Grant Park yesterday:

Despite the enormous crowd and the even larger historical context, the atmosphere was decidely respectful in Hutchison Field last night...

The house is full, folks. 

I'm not sure what happened, but about 45 minutes ago the floodgates opened and people suddenly began streaming into the Hutchison Field basin from all sides.  They arrived just in time to hear Blitzer call Ohio. 

While the news got a ...

I arrived at the center of the universe -- excuse me, Grant Park -- about a half hour ago and folks will be interested to know that the security was very, very tight, at least at the media entrance.  Much more stringent than at Denver's Pepsi Center or Invesco Field at ...

- All day long, volunteers flooded into the Obama headquarters in Gary, coming from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.  By the time I arrived there in the late afternoon, staff were redirecting people to Portage County.

- The walls of the Gary headquarters were littered ...

Like millions of Americans, Jaime Rios (right) of Waukegan cast his ballot today in the hope that new leadership in Washington D.C. will ultimately bring better jobs and health care. But for the 43-year-old landscaper, one particular issue really motivated him to vote...

Across the country, heavy turnout has forced many voters to endure seemingly interminable lines.
Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson, on the other hand, breezed right through her polling place in far-south suburban Crete. And frankly, that was
just ...

Don't be fooled by the bevy of McCain/Palin and Peter Roskam yard
signs staked throughout the western suburbs, says Dawn Hall, a waitress
from Lombard. 

The 49-year-old hit the polling place early this morning, in time to make her
7 a.m. shift at Granny's Diner. ...

Seven hours before the doors to Chicago's "Obamapalooza" open wide, I swung by the entrance at the intersection of Michigan and Congress to see how many people are assembled.  There are two lines extending north and south from the well-guarded gates.  While I'...