By Mike Kelly

It has been nearly 20 months since John McCain announced his intention to run for the presidency. It was always expected that the GOP senator would run in 2008, after seeking his party’s nomination in 2000, losing to George W. Bush. Here is the Arizona senator’s five biggest campaign moments.

The best part of this election day smorgasbord is the outrageous amount of new content available on the web. Some of it is extremely insightful, probing, rich content. Some is just fun to play with. The New York Times canvasses supporters of both candidates and prompts them to use a word to describe how they are feeling. The resulting word cloud is interesting if not terribly insightful.

NYT Word Cloud

By Mike Kelly

At stake today is not only the presidency of the United States, but also the future of New York. Democrats, hoping to ride a wave of Obama enthusiasm, are looking to take control off all three branches of New York government. Democrats have not controlled all three bases of power since 1935.

Students discuss which candidate they think is more in touch with young voters.

Students share which Presindential and Vice Presidential candidate they would like to out.

Students share what personal questions they would like to ask the candidates.

People on campus discuss what role they think race and gender are playing on the election.

At George Mason University in Virginia, an enterprising enemy to democracy hacked into the university email system and sent out an email from the Provost alerting students that election day was now on November 5th. The real Provost sent out a followup email to clear up the confusion.

A Fake Email at George Mason

Not just what to look for, but when in fact, you may look for it.