Polling stations throughout the country are packed with eager voters today. According to the New York Times, there's an unusally high level of turnout throughout the East Coast at polling stations. My father called me to let me know that voting stations at home were packed this morning. I guess people had the same idea to get up early in the morning and beat everyone to the polling stations, but obviously that didn't wo

The article said Obama casted his ballot at Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago with his wife and two daughters around 7:30 a.m., and Biden voted in Wilmington, Del.

Also this morning, McCain was in Phoenix, Ariz., to vote and Palin arrived in Anchorage around 5 a.m. so that she can drive to her hometown of Wasilla to vote before she flies to Phoenix to meet her running mate.

The article reminded readers that if Obama is elected, he will be the first African-American president and if McCain is elected, Palin will be the first woman to be vice president. It also gave a brief synopsis and timeline of each presidential and vice presidential candidate.