MPR Video: Reactions to the election
Reactions at the DFL African American Caucus Party Server Keiona "Day" Cook's interview about how Obama would help her circumstances gets interrupted by news that he's won. She rushes inside to cheer, thank the lord, and celebrate. Her friend and fellow server, Deidre Nichols, reflects on her grandmother's life as a sharecropper and the length that we have come.
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