Election 2008: The Day After in Syracuse

The buzz around Syracuse Wednesday -- the Election.

Not to anyone's surprise, people walking downtown during their lunch hour talked politics, a day after Barrack Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election over John McCain.

"I've been a wreck for weeks and months about this," said Marty Sorensen of Manlius, "So my immediate reaction was all of that emotion and anxiety went away."

For others, like Bill Gooley of Syracuse, it brought back memories.

"I can remember John F. Kennedy and I think there was that sense of excitement in the country about this; that great things were going to happen," Gooley said.

Meanwhile, to the victor goes the spoils -- and then the clean-up.

A few Syracuse For Obama Members celebrated the victory while clearing out rented space at 537 James Street in Downtown Syracuse; home to the local campaign headquarters for nearly two years.

"It was amazing to see," said Melissa Frakes about the election, "this is a team effort by everybody -- volunteers, grassroots made this happen."

A sense of excitement was seen at the James Street headquarters, where a handful of jubilant Obama supporters trickled in to get their hands on left-over signs and stickers.

Still, volunteer John John Williams, III says this is just the start.

"We got a president--a good president; and we're going to have to help him because he cannot do it by himself."

Williams says now is the time to rest, because the push for re-election in 2012 will come sooner than you think.