Only hours to go, so let's take a run through all the parties and see where we stand. You've got to say, there are a lot of known unknowns
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Barack Obama inauguration: first impressions
Analysis of Barack Obama's inauguration speech and its most memorable lines
Read MoreBarack Obama: The audacity and the expectation
Barack Obama's audacity and hope is rewarded in the morning when he's finally sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. Many worry about the pressure of expectation, but it might not be as overwhelming as they fear
Read MoreAs the US power vacuum sucks up billions, let's fast-forward to inauguration day.
With the US President pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey while the President-elect gets to grip with the financial crisis, serious questions are being asked about who should actually be running the country
Read MoreIf Palin would get north to Alaska, we can busy ourselves with Hilary speculation
The US election may be over but the politics rolls on with Sarah Palin sucking the oxygen out of the Republican Governor's Conference and Hilary Clinton playing cute over speculation she may be named Secretary of State.
Read MoreA new America
Barack Obama won the US election thanks to young people, African-Americans, Hispanics... and the rich?
Read MoreI too, sing America
A quick, poetic word about yesterday's powerful uplift
Read MoreBarack Obama: Yes he did!
If Barack Obama can endure the pressure of expectation, he could bring us another Roosevelt moment. Plus: His acceptance speech
Read MoreUS Elections - live blog
Follow our updates as the US election results come in
Read MoreWhy the US presidency is still a Black and White issue
Obama's time has come, but that doesn't mean everyone is ready
Read MoreObamamercial so schmaltzy, but send money now!
Obama's commandeering of prime time television pulled in 34 million viewers. The warning label should, however, read "only in America"
Read MoreObama's big night and why it matters
Glimpse the intensity of a campaign rally and the racism that still pervades too much of America
Read MoreA snapshot of America
A quick and easy round-up of the state of play in the US election. See the state-by-state polls, read the writing on the wall
Read MoreWhen the wheels fall off the campaign, the Republicans go shopping
Explain this to me: the African-American candidate is elitist because he is well-educated while the woman who spent $150,000 on a new wardrobe is one of us?
Read MoreLast US Presidential debate too little, too late to save John McCain
John McCain distances himself from the Bush years and champions Joe the Plumber, but he was too negative and too angry to ruffle a smooth Barak Obama.
Read MoreIs John McCain really The Penguin?
... And is Obama Batman? A little video fun ahead of today's final US presidential debate
Read MoreDesperation politics in the US is getting down, dirty... and racist
As the poll gap widens in the race for US President, the Republicans are showing signs of panic politics
Read MoreSecond Presidential debate starts soon
McCain is tanking in the polls, so has to do the nigh-impossible in tonight's debate—get people to stop talking about the economy
Read MorePalin survives to rewrite the rules of political debates
Sarah Palin didn't crash and burn in the vice-presidential candidates debate, but then she didn't actually debate, opting instead for a recital of pre-scripted lines irrespective of the questions asked.
Read MoreUS politics pork-style
The crazy world of arrows and tax exemptions that got the Senate to vote yes
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