Word: waved
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Barack Obama, hoping to ride a wave of support from Democrats and independent voters, wrapped up his campaign in New Hampshire by promising to build a "working majority for change," by responding directly to questions about his qualifications raised by the Clinton campaign - and then by making a bet that "the excitement is just beginning...
...tidal wave," said a stunned Bill Clinton of Barack Obama's surge, and it's hard to improve on his metaphor. With voters thronging to the polls in New Hampshire, threatening to overwhelm the supply of ballots, the Illinois senator appeared to be riding a long-building, now powerfully cresting surge to his second big victory in five days...
...beyond all that, the groundswell under the wave, is a hunger for something new. In interviews and focus groups all over the state, voters-especially Democrats-expressed this appetite. "It's not about change," said pollster Frank Luntz. "It's about a new beginning. Democrats want to wipe the slate clean...
...charismatic 40-something himself, shook his now-snowy head in anger as he dubbed Obama's claim to have been consistently against the war the "biggest fairy tale I've ever seen." He and others in the campaign suggested that the only reason Obama was riding the wave was that the media gave him a surfboard. Hillary Clinton's frustrations became palpable when her eyes welled with tears during an election-eve campaign event...
Even Bill Clinton seemed caught by surprise, referring bitterly before the vote to Obama's "tidal wave" of support. "This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen," he said. He turned out to be right, only his candidate was the frog-prince...