On Election Day, we spoke to some of the thousands of people as they gathered in Grant Park in Chicago before Barack's Election Night speech:

As one supporter said:

He can't do it by himself... He has to do it with each and every one of us. Just like we showed up to the polls today to cast our vote, we have to continue to show up and do what we're suppossed to do... to help this world be a better place.

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Obama supporters in Chicago talk about their accomplishments in this campaign and what they'd like to see happen next. Visit http://my.barackobama.com to help make change possible in your own community.

One of the most inspiring things about this campaign was to see how generous people actually are when they are exposed to tools and information that they can use for the greater good. -- Jade from Rochester, New York

Two weeks after Election Day, supporters are continuing to use the online tools at My.BarackObama.com to gather together to celebrate, to reconnect, and to find ways to stay involved politics and in their communities.

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will appear on 60 Minutes tonight for their first interview since Election Day. The program airs at 7:00 PM Eastern on CBS. Check your local listing for times and channels.

"The climate has made millions of Americans who haven't been involved in a political campaign ever in their lifetimes very active. We estimate that 70 percent of our grass-roots volunteers haven't worked in a campaign before. . . . We're somewhere just shy of 2 million volunteers, and we think we can potentially triple that on Election Day." - Deputy Campaign Manager Steve Hildebrand

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On the afternoon of November 4th, with the work of the election almost done but the results still unknown, one of the members of the National Call Team, Eleanor in Clovis, California took a moment to record her story and the part she played leading up to this moment.