The fast post

摘要

The race for the White House is hotting up. The candidates for America's top job, Barack Obama and John McCain, are neck-and-neck in the polls. Their campaigns have thrown up plenty of surprises, among them Mr Obama's snatching of the Democratic nomination from Hillary Clinton's grasp after a long and acrimonious struggle and John McCain's naming of Sarah Palin as his Republican running-mate. You can keep bang up to date on the twists and turns of the campaigns with Democracy in America. Our American-politics blog offers rapid and and oft-changing postings over and above our extensive news coverage both online and in The Economist newspaper. And readers can join in the debate too, by commenting on the posts as they appear.