Winning decisively in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Virginia, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president today - the first black American ever chosen for the office.

The campaign that seemed eternal finally comes to an end today, and still we fret about a replay of 2000 and 2004, when Election Day was not the end, but only an escalation of months-long worries and anxieties.

Social networks can be tricky things, as John McCain found out this week.

Nate Silver, the Sultan of Stats behind FiveThirtyEight.com, referred to himself as a “poll Nazi” this past week when he criticized the methodology of some pollsters.

Sarah Palin’s wardrobe has been revamped, thanks to the Republican National Committee.

The group stands accused of a grand scheme - of registering Mickey Mouse in Florida, and Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback, in Nevada - all in an effort to elect Sen. Barack Obama as president.

Cindy McCain and her late father, James Willis Hensley, were partners with the convicted savings-and-loan chief from 1986 until 1998 through their investment in a Phoenix shopping center.

The former lead prosecutor of the Weather Underground has expressed indignation over efforts to link Barack Obama to onetime radical William C. Ayers by the campaign of John McCain.

Terrellita Maverick is upset that Sen. John McCain and his campaign have appropriated the family name.

Homer Simpson’s choice for the next president of the United States has leaked to the internet.