Secretary of State

Here's the official announcement.

Get over it, Clinton haters

Obama Close to Choosing Clinton, Jones for Key Posts

Icons

Loved the documentary, When We Were Kings, on the Ali - Foreman fight ("Ali bomaye"). However, reading Keith Duggan's piece in Saturday's Irish Times, about the John Dower documentary Thrilla in Manila (Ali & Joe Frazier), gives us a different, and unfortunately not so savoury, view of our hero Ali. Sounds fascinating, could be on someone's christmas list.

Transcript of Obama's victory speech

Who can believe it really?

The speech's here.

States to watch

Paraphrasing from Salon:

In Ohio and Indiana -- along with Virginia (13 electoral votes) and North Carolina (15) -- the polls close early (by 7:30 Eastern) in all four states. If one, or certainly two, of these states flip to Obama, John McCain's next political worry will be his 2010 Senate reelection campaign.

"Results from these carried-by-Bush states (in 2004) will determine whether political mavens will show up at work Wednesday morning bleary-eyed from fatigue (as in 2000 and 2004) or surprisingly well-rested. "