America's choice 2012: World weighs in on Obama's win November 9, 2012 -- Updated 1043 GMT (1843 HKT) How did the world respond to President Obama's re-election? Relive the night (and early morning) all right here, with comments, photos, videos and analysis from CNN correspondents around the globe. The blog is now closed, but you can still get full election results here. And CNN.com, of course, will be following up with many more stories as we step back and digest this moment in history. Blog curated by Nick Thompson and Lauren Said-Moorhouse in London, Hilary Whiteman in Hong Kong and Kyle Almond in Atlanta. A black man is returning to the White House. The 2012 presidential election shattered spending records, further polarized a divided country and launched a thousand hashtags. November 8, 2012 -- Updated 1841 GMT (0241 HKT) Democratic and Republican congressional leaders continue to sharply disagree over the key issue of whether top tax rates should be raised to help resolve the looming crisis. November 7, 2012 -- Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT) In a historic turnaround, the ballot box is showing America's shifting attitudes about same-sex marriage. Even though voters indicated to pollsters that their financial situation is the same or worse than it was four years ago, they put their trust in the president. The president faces a long and familiar set of challenges after riding a wave of support from moderates, women and minorities to victory. November 7, 2012 -- Updated 1427 GMT (2227 HKT) Republicans kept a lock on the U.S. House of Representatives, a crucial victory after the party failed to wrest away the presidency from Barack Obama and the Senate from the Democrats. November 8, 2012 -- Updated 0034 GMT (0834 HKT) Democrats will retain their control of the Senate after winning several closely contested races on Tuesday.