As part of NEWSWEEK's continuing "Press Box" series, here's my take on Barack Obama's best and worst campaign decisions:

As part of NEWSWEEK's continuing "Press Box" series, here's my take on John McCain's best and worst campaign decisions. (Hint: they're one and the same.)

Agree? Disagree? I'd love to hear your thoughts below.

As part of NEWSWEEK's continuing "Press Box" series, here's my take on the challenges that face a President McCain--and the questions Democrats will ask themselves--if Barack Obama loses tomorrow's election:

Thoughts? Disagreements? Amendments? Ad hominem attacks? The comments, as always, are yours.

As part of NEWSWEEK's continuing "Press Box" series, here's my take on what will happen to the Republican Party if Obama wins tomorrow's election:

Thoughts? Disagreements? Amendments? Ad hominem attacks? The comments, as always, are yours.

The end is nigh.

For political junkies, the prospect of going cold turkey on Nov. 4 is terrifying--understandably so. In a new series for NEWSWEEK.com, a group of the magazine's political scribes went on camera to discuss life after Election Day--including yours truly. Whether you're horrified (like me, at least a little) at the prospect of life without Stumper or simply horrified at the sight of my sallow, unshaven visage (the medical term for it is "Blogger's Tan"), I thought I'd post the video here. Consider it my contribution to the All Hallow's (and Election) Eve fright-fest.

Not scary enough for you? Then I'd heartily recommend reading Julia Ioffe's wonderful story over at the New Republic about "what.. covering a two-year campaign do[es] to the soul of a journalist." It's full of post-election speculation from luminaries like Candy Crowley, Ryan Lizza, Hendrik Hertzberg, Ben Smith and, rather incongruously, me. Warning: navel-gazing ahead:

Younger journalists who came of age in this election are anxious for more personal reasons. Andrew Romano came to Newsweek to do long feature pieces but was conscripted as a blogger. "I'm not one of these crazy political junkies," he told me after another long blogging shift, in which he struggled not to say, "Obama is winning today, too." "It's not my life... [So] for a long time I was feeling like, 'I'm looking forward to this being over and going back to writing long-form journalism as opposed to writing multiple stories every day.'" But then a funny thing happened. His blog, long buried on Newsweek's website, started drawing nearly four million hits a month, making Romano the site's most-read author. "It's kind of like, this is who I am now. So the idea of the campaign being over and not doing a politics blog is a little bit like, who am I after this election?"

Spoooooky. Or, you know, not.

Which reminds me. My NEWSWEEK colleague Sarah Kliff has a new story up about other political junkies are preparing for withdrawal. But I'd be interested to hear how you, loyal Stumper readers, are coping. Afraid or relieved? Or a little of both? The comments, as always, are all yours.

Into a political season that has already seen the McCain campaign put out its share of sharp and sometimes misleading anti-Obama ads comes this higher note: John McCain congratulating his opponent on his nomination.

Spotted by NEWSWEEK's Jonathan Darman:

"Rep. Rahm Emanuel and entourage, making their way into the Politico/Glover Park Group party on Tuesday night after exiting a black suburban with a three police-car escort. For good measure, as Rahm worked the room inside, his motorcade picked up a fourth car that joined the others in blocking part of Market Street. Clearly, Democrats will do whatever it takes to avoid the Constitutional crisis that would no doubt ensue in the event of something unfortunate happening to the House Democratic Caucus Chairman. Rest easy, independent voters, Rahm and the Republic are safe."