Election night

Celebrations sprang up throughout the world last night — captured in a remarkable front-page slideshow on the Huffington Post – after the major networks made the call for Sen. Barack Obama. But nowhere was the jubilation more passionate or immediate than in our nation’s capital.
I headed downtown to enjoy some peaceful reflection on the Mall, [...]

Chicago, Ill — This victory is more than historic. President-elect Barack Obama’s victory marks political progress far broader than race — especially because his campaign de-emphasized it whenever possible.
The tens of thousands of people cheering here in Grant Park, at what is shaping up to be one of the largest victory celebrations in U.S. political [...]

Grant Park is starting to fill with supporters of Sen. Barack Obama, though slowly.
Security appears more onerous than usual.  One person told me they knew people who got in line at 4 p.m. and were still waiting four hours later to get in. Some gates did not open to the public until 6 p.m.  But [...]

CHICAGO, Ill.– The Obama campaign has put together a pretty nice “victory” event here at sprawling Grant Park in Chicago. More than 100,000 people are expected to attend — though there’s only space for a few thousand to view Sen. Barack Obama directly.
There’s a small strip of coveted real estate between the stage and [...]

Ana Marie Cox is stationed at Sen. John McCain’s election night headquarters in Arizona, where she will be filing dispatches throughout the day and tonight.
Letting us know what it’s like in the press center, here’s her first Election Day video:

The Associated Press reports Sen. John McCain might skip his own watch party on election night: