McCain just gave an incredibly gracious concession speech. He spent the first few minutes reflecting on America’s history of racism–and the moral significance of electing an African-American. He saluted Obama for inspiring so many young people and first-time voters, then offered his sympathies for the death of Obama’s grandmother.

The address contained not a whiff of ideology or partisanship. Instead, McCain called upon all Americans, even those who had voted for him, to offer the new administration its support and seek common ground.

He concluded by saying “I wish godspeed ot the man who was my former opoponent and will be my president.” Then he asked his countrymen “to not despair of our difficulties but to always believe in the promise of America.”

Much to say about the campaign in the post-mortem days to come, and indeed there is some angry and ugly yelling going on in the crowd that can be laid to the campaign’s overall tenor, but McCain’s speech is touching and gracious.

Text of Republican John McCain’s concession speech Tuesday in Phoenix, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.

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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today won handsomely in the first election returns of the 2008 presidential race, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.
People in the isolated village in New Hampshire’s northeast corner voted just after midnight Tuesday.

It was the first time since 1968 that the village leaned Democratic in an election.

Obama’s rival, Republican John McCain, won 6 votes, CNN reported.

A full 100 per cent of registered voters in the village cast ballots.

The town, home to around 75 residents, has opened its polls shortly after midnight each election day since 1960, drawing national media attention for being the first place in the country to make its presidential preferences known.

The result in Dixville Notch is hardly a reliable bellwether for the eventual winner of the White House — or even the result statewide, the report said.

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The kids from the Ron Clark Academy performing live “You Can Vote However You Like,” a parody to TI’s “Whatever You Like”. Atlanta Georgia Ron Clark Academy.

You Can Vote However You Like Video

Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah

See full lyric here: You Can Vote However You Like Video

Have you seen the Alfred E Smith Videos?
Barack Obama and John McCain were the speakers at the 63rd annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, which historically has hosted the presidential contenders over the years.

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While Sarah Palin chides Barack Obama for supposedly “palling around with terrorists,” the Governor of Alaska may want to take a look at John McCain’s “palling around” with convicted criminal G Gordon Liddy.

G Gordon Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers.

According to Palin’s qualifications of “pallin’ around”, John McCain and G Gordon Liddy are practically blood brothers. McCain and Liddy have been longtime friends and McCain has publicly stated “I’m proud of you, I’m proud of your family.” He went on to say, “It’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great.”

And the question is, Did Sarah Palin, like John McCain, celebrate and consider Liddy’s terrorist activities to be “principles and philosophies that keep our nation great?”