The Chicagoist Flashback: Obamapalooza Takes Over Grant Park

By Chuck Sudo in News on Nov 4, 2012 9:30PM

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President Obama and Mitt Romney are still fighting for every vote they can get leading up to Tuesday's election, which is a far cry from what happened four years ago tonight. On Nov. 4, 2008 it seemed as though ABC 7's Ron Magers declared Obama the nation's first Black president within moments of being on air.

The Obama campaign planned an election night rally in Grant Park for months and we predict "Obamapalooza" will become one of those events, like the 1985 Bears victory parade and Disco Demolition, where more people will say they were there than actually were.

At least we have the photos.

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