England for Obama

There’s not much political news coming out of the States right now, what with it being Thanksgiving weekend - a festival which, given that it takes place on the fourth Thursday of every November, is surely the definition of a movable feast - so to amuse you in the meantime: here’s a very interesting interview with the designer of this logo:

(Hat tip - Bob Cesca)

Some highlights from the thousands (probably) of photographs at Barack Obama’s Flickr page:

(With Michelle’s mother, watching the results come in)

So, today’s edition of England For Obama comes with a special cut-out-and-keep section celebrating Obama-related art.  Well: look at, print off and then cut-out-and-keep.

And we’ll kick off with this gem of a picture gallery from The Guardian:

(Thanks to John Q for the link.)

Obama’s campaign staffers are getting a bonus.

Here’s your reading for the next seven days, folks.

Newsweek magazine had reporters inside the Obama and McCain camps for a year in the run-up to the election - but they were only allowed to be there on condition that their stories would be published after the election was over.

So now you can read these behind-the-scenes reports - and boy, are they fascinating. No, really. From tantrums to tactics, they’re an amazing insight into what the candidates (and those around them) are really like, and what really happened on the campaign trails. And I’ve only read the first three chapters…

Ch. 1: Barack Obama: How He Did It

Ch. 2: John McCain: Back From the Dead?

Ch. 3: The Long Clinton-Obama Siege

Ch. 4: McCain Camp Retools, Targets Obama

Ch. 5: Obama Sweats the Clintons, McCain Gambles on Palin

Ch. 6: Battling it Out in the Great Debates

Ch. 7: The Final Days

Enjoy. It’s like The West Wing - only real.

The incomparable Jed Lewison has made a 10-minute compilation video of the election night coverage. It’s great - and I’m tearing up again, partly because for the first time I’ve seen the footage of Joe Biden, and later his wife and mother, joining Obama on stage. I’ve seen so many stills of that moment, but not been able to find video of it until now. Thank you, Jed:

Most specifically, I heart him around 4:13:

Go get ‘em, Barry…

Keith Olbermann and Howard Fineman look at what happened in the campaigns yesterday (clue: John McCain and Sarah Palin talked a lot about coal), and what the McCain camp have to do to win:

And here was the end of Obama’s final speech yesterday, in Virginia, where he spoke to a crowd of 90,000. Fired up, and ready to go:

And here was Jon Stewart’s take on the final days of campaigning:

Today in Florida: