Philadelphia

Things are really buzzing here.

There were two people standing at a big crossroads with signs saying "Obama" and "Vote 2moro". Everyone was honking as they passed.

In the Whole Foods Market (a self consciously right on supermarket) a stranger approached us with "have you heard the news? Obama's grandmother has died". And we told the checkout girl. And everyone was shaking their heads.

Stalls all over the city are giving out posters and stickers - I managed to pick up a Pride Obama one, with a rainbow logo.

Probably one in five people in the street is wearing an Obama badge or t-shirt, or even carrying a large cardboard sign.

Obama is at his highest proportion of the popular vote according to Real Clear Politics: 51.6% (with the gap between him and McCain standing at 8.3%).

But everyone just wants it to be Wednesday: the anxiety is killing us.