Tears For Obama (PHOTOS)

Between the election and the economy, Americans are a little emotional these days. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the faces of Obama supporters at rallies. On the eve of the election, there's excitement, as evidenced in Friday's "O-Bama Faces" slideshow, and there's exhaustion. And sometimes there's just crying.

And now, with the death of Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham, emotions are running even higher for the Democratic candidate.

****See more Obama slideshows.****

(Photos from AP & Getty)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Cleveland, November 2nd

**Or watch Charles, an 86-year-old volunteer for the Obama campaign, tearfully recount winning a raffle to meet Obama in Denver on October 26th.**

Comments

[soithoni]

09:25 AM on 11/08/2008

The goodness in all of our hearts will not be hidden any longer. This is not any longer a center-rig­ht country, it is a collection of people - living, breathing people - who have one goal: to get rid of those who spread hate. Whether internally with this wedge politics of exclusion and lies and feeding on our feers and insecuriti­es, or externally by spreading war and famine and suicide bombing. Enough already of this incarnate evil of the soul.

We are waking up and joining the rest of the world in our utter disgust of those who would separate us one from the other, and those religious zealots who would subjugate us in the chains of hatred and bigotry and ignorance of those unlike us.

Being part of the human race is something once again to be cherished.

[TimesArrow]

07:11 PM on 11/07/2008

I'm not sure who put this show together? I wish it had more caucasian people crying because every person I know cried. Then I listen to the radio and every caller, host, and guest says they cried.

[keepemhonest]

05:09 PM on 11/06/2008

Obama has already united the world ....

[jurneeka]

01:56 PM on 11/06/2008

Looking at this very moving slide show brings to mind yet again (as it has come up in my mind numerous times in the past couple of days) the closing words of Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address:

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefiel­d and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthston­e all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature."

By his words and presence, Barack Obama is inspiring the BETTER ANGELS OF OUR COUNTRY'S NATURE to wake up after a long, long slumber.

Now I'M puddling up...

[TR12]

05:19 PM on 11/06/2008

Now that is a freakin' quote

[ironweedfilms]

01:53 PM on 11/06/2008

A gift from a friend of IronweedFi­lms dot com we wanted to share.

Tears for Barack
By Ron Iverson
November 4, 2008

Dare we feel into Jesse’s flood?
A people’s pain, relieved.
Blood, sweat and tears, justified.
A nation’s shame, redeemed.
A heart fortified by selfless empathy, flowing.

Is there a message in Oprah’s misty eyes?
A complex of opposites, comingling­.
The wholeness of a healed heart, effulgent.
A soul aching for the ideal, satisfied.
Transcende­nce in a glistening wetness, embodied.

Did Barack’s oratory yield to lids brimming?
Strength with vulnerabil­ity, undiminish­ed.
A target for a nation’s love, accepted.
A calling deeper than us, heeded.
Gratitude for the Present Moment, shared.

Copyright Ron Iverson 2008

[inluvwkeitholbermann]

01:36 PM on 11/06/2008

d@mn-it!!! now i'm crying....­.

[rhetoricdog]

12:58 PM on 11/06/2008

I've been crying since Tuesday night. I also keep listening to Will i Am's Yes We Can. So emotional right now.

[shirleen01]

12:36 PM on 11/06/2008

I can't stop crying inside and out! I am already an emotional person..th­is made me explode with Joy!

[shirleen01]

12:34 PM on 11/06/2008

God has prevailed on behalf of his people. It feels like a dream! This is a glorious season of rejoicing.­.oh I am so happy to be alive!

[shirleen01]

12:32 PM on 11/06/2008

I feel so proud to be a part of this history.. I am overwhelme­d with joy! Praise be to God!

[sf girl]

12:00 PM on 11/06/2008

I am still pinching myself. A president like this only comes along once-in-a-­lifetime, it seems. Obama has raised the bar on the highest office in the land. We can only pray to have future leaders who can inspire us and fill us with hope the way this wonderful man has.

[KayCo]

11:44 AM on 11/06/2008

This shows how hungry this country has been for a positive message of hope. The final picture shows us the humanity of our newly elected commander in chief.

[jtmoney]

11:04 AM on 11/06/2008

Great pics.

[Judyisacutie]

10:03 AM on 11/06/2008

Every morning I wake up feels like Christmas!

[MsMadame]

09:11 AM on 11/06/2008

We did America! We did it!