President Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term at 11:12 PM tonight, November 6, 2012.
Earlier this evening, I was recounting where I have been on Election Day of each of the prior presidential elections for which I have been eligible to vote.
In November of 2000, I was 19 years old and in my first semester at the University of Michigan. I do not recall much from this election beyond being around the “fish bowl” computer lab. Incredible to think that the 9-11-2001 terrorist attacks has not yet shaken the country. And the tech bubble had burst.
I spent Election Day of 2004 in Northern Virginia, just outside of Washington DC. I had moved there to work at Ruckus a few months earlier.
In 2008, I was sitting on a bed studying for some law school class while waiting for Obama to be elected. That was an entertaining election with The Palin VP candidacy and SNL parody thereof. This was one of the most historic elections of all time.
Now, in 2012, I’m watching the election coverage from my home in my hometown, am married, and practicing law.
It will be interesting to see what the next four years bring and what Lindsey and I will be up to in 2016!