Election Day 2008

Ever since 1974, 34 years ago, election day has meant late night news coverage. Radio news was all about live coverage from the polls and from the clerks office as the returns came in. Then after radio I worked as an AP stringer for a number of elections. But this year I voted and I'll be able to watch the returns tonight as the results of what appears to be an epoch-creating election are counted.

Whether it's McCain or Obama winning, U.S. Politics will be moving in a new direction. Particularly if Obama wins. A democratic party landslide would be particularly momentous, as some polls are predicting. But lest we get too alarmed, we should remember what Dave Harris was trying to tell voters as they drove to work on the beltline this morning (photo).