Well, last night it happened. Together, our country put aside its differences — many of them very significant — and in a historic moment elected a black man to be our president. So many people never thought they would see this day. I know as a kid, this is something I imagined would happen in some distant, vaguely sci-fi future where everyone was wearing ...

This is really not much of an article. But given that we have been covering some of the important news as it relates to Indiana's place in this historic election season, it wouldn't be right to let Election Day pass without marking it somehow. One of the themes of our election coverage so far as been a skepticism (some would say cynicism) that Indiana ...

Our friends over at Salon.com are running a fascinating, in-depth article by Walter Shapiro about Indiana's (supposed) swing-state status and both Obama and McCain's strategies (or lack-thereof) for winning the Hoosier state. Here's a quote: Ignored for decades by presidential candidates, Indiana in 2004 boasted a dubious distinction -- the lowest turnout rate among registered voters (57.4 percent) of any state in the union. ...

One thing that's kept us riveted lately is the way the national media is glomming on to this "Indiana is a swing state" story (which is only a story if it turns out to be true and we ain't exactly holding our breath — although we'd be happy to be proven wrong just for variety). We've already seen how a "serious" news source like Time ...

Indiana's (supposed) swing-state status is getting us some attention from the national liberal media. For example, Time magazine has just published a story looking at Barack Obama's uphill battle to win the Hoosier state. Time frames the story the by saying that Hoosier voters may end up being the decisive group in the 2008 election and that (this year, at least) those Hoosier voters are ...