And so, here we are. It's about 5am on the east coast, which means that the first polls not in Dixville Notch, NH open in just under one hour. It's been a long road, but by this time tomorrow, we should know who will be the next President of the United States - Senator John McCain of Arizona or Senator Barack Obama of Illinois ( Read more... )

So, how'd he do? 

Tonight marks Obama's 30 minute's of prime-time fame.  Are you watching it?  What do you want to see from him? For a candidate who has had trouble with his "celebrity" status, could this devolve into an "E! True Hollywood Story"?  

Peter Tatchell writes on The Independent's blogs today:

Will next week's US presidential vote be free and fair? Based on the conduct of the last election, possibly not. The 2004 election was marred by vote-fixing that would disgrace a banana republic. Four years later, few new safeguards have been implemented to prevent a re-run of the voter ( Read more... )

Are you voting?  For real, for real?

I just had lobster in Boston (Yes, I'm rubbing it in! It was deliciously buttery, in case you were curious.) with a McCain supporter from New York.  He said, "My vote doesn't really count, so why make the effort?" I challenged him with the old Gore/Bush popular/electoral debate: shouldn't you want your ( Read more... )

McCain jokes with Letterman.  Obama and McCain dress up in penguin suits and tease each other.  Palin is rumored to appear on Saturday Night Live.  We suddenly seem to have an election that looks a lot like the Last Comedian Standing ( Read more... )