Today is the November 4th. It is the election day in USA. People around the world will focus on USA to see the results of the 2008 presidential elections. Voters on this election day will give their verdict and pick the 44th US President. Who will be the winner? Is the winner Barack Obama or John McCain?

The major U.S. presidential candidates are making last-minute appeals in hotly contested states in advance of Tuesday's election. As VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are focusing on a handful of states that could determine the winner.

Are John McCain's voters really unrealistic about the prices of their houses? The recent survey by Zillow shows that McCain voters show more confidence about wwn homes' values than Obama voters. Also, at least 7.5 million American homeowners are "underwater," owing more on their homes than they are currently worth, according to a report released today. In other words: If they sold their homes today, they'd have to bring a check to the closing, CNNMoney.com reports.

Ted Frank (American Enterprise Institute) has created this spreadhseet you can modify to calculate your tax bill under a President McCain or a President Obama. Ted blogs that an average mid-level BigLaw associate would pay $15.048 of additional tax each year under a President Obama than under a President McCain:

Today, Doug Holtz-Eakin, McCain-Palin 2008 Senior Policy Adviser, issued the following statement on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) number:

Today Fred Bramante, a member of McCain's New Hampshire Leadership Committee and a 2008 Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention, announced his support for Senator Barack Obama. Bramante, a Co-Chair of Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign and former Republican gubernatorial candidate, is a past Chairman and current member of the New Hampshire State Board of Education.

Barack Obama leads John McCain by a 52% to 36% margin in Pew’s latest nationwide survey of 1,325 registered voters. This is the fourth consecutive survey that has found support for the Republican candidate edging down. In contrast, since early October weekly Pew surveys have shown about the same number of respondents saying they back Obama. When the sample is narrowed to those most likely to vote, Obama leads by 53% to 38%.

With all the talk about economic bailout plans, falling stock prices, and rising energy costs it is easy to lose site of some of the other top issues in this year's election. One that we've focused on is health care for all Americans. We thought we had re-visit the important issue of health insurance and health care before the election.

You may recall Barack Obama was hung in effigy at a Christian university. In that case, it appears the hanging was somewhat racially based, as a sign reading "Act Six reject" was taped to the effigy. Act Six is a scholarship program run by the college granted to 10 student leaders from urban Portland. In this case, it's all about Halloween.

According to a letter released by the Russian envoy to the United Nations, John McCain contacted Vitaly Churkin seeking a campaign donation.

A friend of mine got some data together and put it in a nice calculator for individuals to figure out how much money they'd have to pay with the McCain health tax.

John McCain has admitted that the economy isn't his strong suit, what would be worse for America is if he continued the failed Bush economic policies. And that's just what a new DNC ads points out.