Drop Everything: Obama and Tuesday Night

drop everything: The wife and mother only briefly considered her choice Should she drop everything to see the president one last time Two hours later, she was on a plane, wearing an Obama T-shirt and overcome with emotion, according to Brandon Sun. As Obama said goodbye and thanked supporters on Tuesday night in his adopted hometown of Chicago, the occasion marked the unofficial countdown to the end of his historic presidency. Carlos took a moment to reflect on how, eight years earlier, she had worked as an organizer in Atlanta to get Barack Obama elected president, marking her start in politics. The first black president's words resonated across the country for many African-Americans finally able to bask in seeing a family that looked like them in the White House. The scene Tuesday was reminiscent of election night in 2008. After eight years, the era comes to a close in 10 days. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.