Politicians and pundits can't help saying they were right -- or rather, we can't resist hearing them say they were wrong. Throughout the evening, they took to the Twitterverse to make predictions, provide analysis and congratulate victors.
And when President Barack Obama won the election, they broke the Internet.
Some were happy, others thankful, several worried and a few smug (those were the best). Nonetheless, their tweets helped chronicle Obama's victory against Gov. Mitt Romney on social media.
This happened because of you. Thank you.— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) November 7, 2012
Congratulations PRESIDENT Barack Obama - again!— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) November 7, 2012
Dear conservatives: there was no fraud, there was no stealing, and hard to see how status quo throws us to socialism.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) November 7, 2012
It's a shame that CNN is a time zone behind the other networks.— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21) November 7, 2012
THIS IS FANTASTIC NEWS! YES! YES! YES! FOUR MORE YEARS!! #TEAMOBAMA #Current2012 #Election2012— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) November 7, 2012
So now Romney needs to win Florida and Virginia to avoid "weakest candidate since WW2" label. Face saving only.— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 7, 2012
Curbstomping election. Who knew nominating someone ridiculously unlikable would create such a result?— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 7, 2012
Uninstalling #Romney ...... 100% complete █████████████████████████████████████— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) November 7, 2012
This is probably a good time to link to my book: amazon.com/The-Signal-Noi…— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) November 7, 2012
When a candidate so weak anyone can beat him faces a candidate so weak he can't beat anyone, Americans vote for the status quo.— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) November 7, 2012
I just want to say a quick thank you to @toddakin for helping us lose the senate.— Jason B. Whitman (@JasonBWhitman) November 7, 2012
This election is following the "official" script for the most part. Status quo despite everything.— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) November 7, 2012
The story at the end of the night will be that women were the firewall for President @barackobama #Current2012 #fem2 #election2012— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) November 7, 2012
The Republican party can't continue to contest national elections by taking positions that drive Hispanics away. #Election2012 #Current2012— Al Gore (@algore) November 7, 2012
If numbers hold, tremendous victory tonight for dignity, opportunity, DREAM of college for every student.— Martin O'Malley (@GovernorOMalley) November 7, 2012
More than anything, I want to thank you all for everything. I am so grateful to every one of you for your support and your prayers.–mo— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) November 7, 2012
The path to the White House has seriously narrowed, but Romney still leads the popular vote caintv.com/Romneystilllea…— Herman Cain (@THEHermanCain) November 7, 2012
#TDSBreakingNews Rape just got a little less legitimate. #MourdockLoses #DailyShowLive— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 7, 2012
Image courtesy of Flickr, jdlasica.
What was your favorite reaction tweet of the night?