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Vote USA 2008
Comprehensive coverage of this year's US presidential election
A planet in peril
Oxfam's Phil Bloomer wonders whether the positive signals about a US change of direction on climate change under Obama will be met by the right response in Europe
Americans Abroad
Mixed with the cheers following Obama's election, were sighs of relief from Americans living abroad. Finally they could cease to be associated Bush - a president many voted of them against
Recession blues
Both Labour and Tories have yet to confront the realities of the downturn - least of the full horror of the return of mass unemployment. Martin Bright reports
CPR for the GOP
Republicans must find a sensible leader and a cohesive message to regain some power they lost on November 4. Gabe Mosca doles out some advice for the GOP
Palin into insignificance?
Our resident American takes a look at some of the gaffes and ignorance that made up Sarah Palin's contribution to the US presidential race. Be afraid about 2016...
The challenges facing Obama
Just what direction will the president-elect take on South America, Israel and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ponders Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Liberalism's victory
The significance of Obama's victory as a liberal, in a country whose political outlook has been dominated by a social conservatism for at least the last four decades, cannot be underestimated
The triumph of hope
On 4 November, Barack Obama won an emphatic mandate for change. Over the next ten pages we celebrate in words and pictures his remarkable victory, tracing his long and arduous journey from the snow-whitened landscape of Iowa to his final rally in Chicago
Disappointment can wait
The world outside had collapsed into a spontaneous street party. Cars were hooting, people were yelling, and the crowd was spilling into the road. Jonn Elledge on the scenes in Washington
Sky-high expectations
People are looking to him to rewrite the image of America, both at home and abroad - all this and much more piles pressure on president-elect Barack Obama
We all won on 4 Nov
As he bids farewell to the US, Ashish Prashar shares his final thoughts on Obama's election victory
America's irresponsible media
A Republican bewails the lack of scrutiny applied to Barack Obama during the election campaign and attacks the 'liberal' tendencies of the US media
A happy ending
An American student reflects on the excitement President-elect Obama inspires in her generation.
Dancing in Harlem's streets
As the US strolls into a brighter future Simon Akam enjoyed the historic moment in Harlem as black and white Americans celebrated the election of Barack Obama to be president
The voters' campaign
The campaign is no longer about the candidates and their messages but the enthusiasm and turnout of the voters.
Eve of the Election
Jonn Elledge attends an Obama rally in North Carolina filled with passionate and unlikely Democrats.
Animosity and Shenanigans
To say the parties don't trust each other is akin to describing the Antarctic as 'a bit nippy'.
Green heroes
The top ten
Green villains
The top ten
Bjorn Lomborg
Cloud control
Interview
Omar Bin Laden
James Macintyre
Brown at war
What if...
Hugh Gaitskell lived
Will Self
On brands
Film review
A Serious Man
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