NEW YORK. Barack Obama har vunnit.
Här får han tacka själv, genom ett av hans många, många, många tiggarmail som landat i min inkorg de senaste sex veckorna.
Just det här mailet kom cirka tio minuter innan han klev upp på scenen i morse.

Carina — 

I’m about to go speak to the crowd here in Chicago, but I wanted to thank you first.

I want you to know that this wasn’t fate, and it wasn’t an accident. You made this happen.

You organized yourselves block by block. You took ownership of this campaign five and ten dollars at a time. And when it wasn’t easy, you pressed forward.

I will spend the rest of my presidency honoring your support, and doing what I can to finish what we started.

But I want you to take real pride, as I do, in how we got the chance in the first place.
Today is the clearest proof yet that, against the odds, ordinary Americans can overcome powerful interests.

There’s a lot more work to do.
But for right now: Thank you.

Barack

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…Och så avslutades det fina mailet med en knapp man kunde trycka på för att donera pengar.
Men så har ju den här kampanjen kostat ett antal miljarder dollar.