The builders working at the bottom of my street were crowded around the van radio as I walked to work this morning, munching on pasties and listening to the first black US President's acceptance speech.... Read

Obama is now said to have netted 200 votes in the electoral college.... Read

This just in from PA: John McCain's electoral mascot Joe the Plumber scored a victory in his battle to keep big government off his back when police let him off the hook for speeding.... Read

Fox is now claiming that Obama has taken Virginia.... Read

Eddie Izzard is now being interviewed and he seems pretty happy: "This is like, the third millennium begins tonight! .... Read

Those of us who have enjoyed speculating about the outcome of this election have only a few further hours in which to do so.... Read

Fox News believes Obama has won Ohio - arguably the most crucial of swing states.... Read

Chris Cope , a 32-year-old American living in Cardiff, has some great words: The United States has reached a crossroads in its history.... Read

A huge "Ouch!" moment for Republicans.... Read

These two east coast states have jsut been called for the Democrats.... Read

The first six polls in the 2008 election have just closed.... Read

Hundreds of thousands - maybe up to two million people - are looking forward to an unforgettable street party in Chicago if Obama wins the crucial 270 electoral college votes.... Read

The sight of the lines of voters stretching around buildings is incredible - exicting people on the Left and the Right.... Read

Liam Creedon of the Press Association writes: Election fever was gripping the UK's American ex-pat community tonight as the voting progressed into the evening.... Read

Should Obama fail to win the White House not only will the Democrats collapse in despair, so will the multimillion-dollar polling industry.... Read

The White House is one of the world's loneliest addresses, and the isolation must seem even more intense when your own party's candidate doesn't want you to campaign with him.... Read

Obama can count on the support of at least one member of the Chicago Tafia: Dave Parry writes: This Welshmun is a ticket holder for the event down in Grant Park, Chicago tonight! And will be there in his Wales rugby shirt too.... Read

Good evening! It's an exciting time on both sides of the Atlantic.... Read

Bob Ainsworth, the Armed Forces Minister, has just told the Commons that the Defence Training Centre at St Athan is still on course - good news for the area keen to see the 5,000 jobs that the scheme will provide.... Read

In 48 hours' time we'll know whether Barack Obama has become the first black President of the United States - the polls suggest he's home and dry, but no-one is being complacent.... Read