In the first votes tallied this election day, Sen. Barack Obama has won, 15 to 6, in the town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, which voted at 12:00 am.  Sen. Obama is the first Democrat to do so since Hubert Humphrey in 1968.  So far, so good for Sen. Obama.

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Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has been found guilty of lying on financial disclosure forms in an attempt to hide gifts, largely in the form of a six-figure home renovation, from Alaska businessmen.  The Washington Post reports:
The verdict was announced just after 4 p.m. in a packed courtroom in U.S. District Court in Washington. Stevens [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R) is facing a newly competative race in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District after stating on Hardball on October 17th that Barack Obama may “may have anti-American views” and calling for a media inquiry into the possible anti-Americanism of members of Congress.  The whimsically named Elwyn Tinklenberg, fresh from a vacation in [...]

On “Meet the Press” Sunday an old College Professor of mine, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, formerly Chief of Staff to Colin Powell at the State Department, announced that he would “likely vote for Sen. Obama and cross [his] fingers.”  Col. Wilkerson, a Republican, has long been vocal in his criticism of the Bush presidency, saying, perhaps [...]

It’s a good day for Barack Obama.  With polls narrowing over the past several days, there was perhaps a glimmer of hope for a McCain campaign struggling to find a cohesive message.  Today, the McCain campaign has taken a serious hit.  It began, appropriately enough, as Barack Obama was speaking to a massive crowd of [...]

The economic crisis that has gripped the worlds’ economies over recent weeks has stock markets dropping and Brack Obama’s chances of becoming President soaring.  Today’s Gallup tracking poll has Obama up nine points nationally, leading John McCain 51-42.
The swing towards Obama in the national polls has been echoed in individual battleground states.  Rasmussen has Obama [...]