Candidates hit the polls—for themselves

Tue, November 04, 2008 - 8:58 AM

All cameras were on Barack and Michelle Obama this morning as they voted in Chicago, accompanied by their daughters.

Obama reportedly plans a last campaign trip to Indiana and to play basketball to run off some nervous energy before tonight's mega-party at Grant Park in Chicago, where up to a million people are expected. His running mate Joe Biden voted in Wilmington, Del., this morning with his wife and mother. Joe Biden and his wife Jill are stopping in Richmond, Va., to greet voters on their way to Chicago for the party.

John McCain, in Arizona, plans to break with his usual tradition of watching a movie on Election Day to make one more campaign trip today -- to New Mexico and Colorado. Sarah Palin flew home to Alaska to vote, arriving at 4:45 a.m. local time, and plans to get back on a plane to fly to Phoenix to be with the McCains at their party at the Arizona Biltmore tonight.

-- Marsha Mercer