US Embassy London Local Time 9 pm , East Coast Time 4 pm: Sitting in the Via Reception room at the US Embassy here in London is somewhat of a weird place to observe a moment in history that is likely to happen in the coming hours. The local evening newspapers here in London have all agreed that Barack Obama is likely in the coming hours to become the next President and here in the Reception room there are four cardboard cutouts of the candidates where you can have your photo taken with your favorite. So far no one has had a photo taken with McCain or Joe Biden. Obama is the favorite, though Pallin is popular because she is shorter.

We all remember where we were in great moments of history: Man on the Moon, 9/11 attacks and perhaps tonight is the next defining moment when a black man becomes President of the USA. Apart from that, we wait till the early hours of the morning here, as we are five hours ahead of New York and it is most likely that we will be here till 4 in the morning. Meanwhile the Obama cutout remains the most popular and if that is any indication of the cut out exit poll, perhaps the night will not be that long. And history may start a little bit earlier.