After officially pardoning a turkey Thursday at the “Triple D Farm and Hatchery” in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin conducted an interview as turkeys were slaughtered in the background.  Watch the raw video.

Alaska governor Sarah Palin tells fellow GOP governors in Miami that the future of the Republican Party is in its past.

Barack Obama has been elected president of the United States, the first African-American elevated to the White House.

According to election officials, voter turnout at several Mount Pleasant precincts has been lower than expected.

Poll manager Jacqueline tells me that out of about 4,000 registered voters in the Devon Forest precinct, she estimates 1,500 have voted so far today.

At Carnes Crossroads II, the voting in the fire department has been taking place all day.  The turnout there also much, much higher than usual.

The turnout looks massive. From “McCain-safe” South Carolina to Florida to Pennsylvania, from Ohio to Colorado, the big battleground states that will decide this election, voters are jamming the polls.

I just went into the Summerville high school polling location.  There are 3 precincts voting here, and all 3 are at or near 50% voter turnout.

News 2 stopped by the polls at Sangaree Elementary, and the lines wrapped around the inside halls of the school.  We spoke with a poll manager who tells us 1760 people have already voted. 

John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, says she hopes, prays and believes that she will be able to take her experience as a reformer to Washington as vice president.

It’s up to voters to decide who will live in the White House for the next four years.

How well do you know the candidate that you will vote for on election day? News 2 went out today to give voters a Pop Quiz about the candidates and the political process.

With hours to go until Election Day, Obama and McCain are on the move, jig sawing across the country until it’s time to wait for election polling results.

A new national poll released Friday gives a big lead to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.  A CBS-New York Times Poll taken this week gives the Democrats a 13-point lead over John McCain and Sarah Palin.

A Los Angeles-area McCain supporter has removed a Halloween effigy of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hanging from her balcony with a giant butcher knife through its neck.