An empty press filing room this morning at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa. This ballroom will be packed with media from around the world later as John McCain prepares to hear if he will be next the next U.S. president (Photo by Le Templar).

Today, I will get another taste of world history as I spend part of the day shadowing John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, here in Phoenix. McCain arrived at the Arizona Biltmore resort sometime after 2:30 a.m., after barnstorming more than seven states on Monday and finishing up with a midnight rally in Prescott, Ariz. 

It’s expected that McCain will vote here in Phoenix some time this morning and then he’s scheduled to take quick jaunts to Colorado and New Mexico in last-minute attempts to win over the remaining few undecided voters in those two election battleground states.

McCain will finish Election Day 2008 back here at the Biltmore, watching voting returns and speaking to the nation from a special stage on an outside lawn. Only a handful of people and TV cameras will be present in person for that speech. Most well-wishers and politicos will attend an indoors party in a decked out ballroom.