About '08 Roadies

'08 Roadies is a periodic diary of campaign dispatches by Washington bureau chief Walter Shapiro, who is covering his eighth presidential race, and Mike Madden, Salon's Washington correspondent.

Current Salon Politics Stories

• Palin: A "maverick" move or a nod to the GOP base?

  She adds youth -- and inexperience -- to the 72-year-old McCain's ticket, but she is a by-the-book social conservative.

  By Mike Madden

• Liquoring up the Democrats

  By Mike Madden

• American revolutionary

  By Walter Shapiro

’08 Update

23:13 EDT, Aug. 30, 2008

Fighting Barack Obama In Denver this week the Democratic nominee laid out a feisty, populist message and pulled his party together.

By Joan Walsh

Joan Walsh

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09:00 EDT, Aug. 30, 2008

Knock it off, Paul Begala The veteran Democrat and Clinton supporter attributes Sarah Palin's poise to "her beauty pageant training."

By Joan Walsh

Joan Walsh

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17:41 EDT, Aug. 29, 2008

Quote of the day Sen. Barbara Boxer on Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

By Katharine Mieszkowski

Broadsheet

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17:32 EDT, Aug. 29, 2008

Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change

By Andrew Leonard

How The World Works

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17:00 EDT, Aug. 29, 2008

McCain, Palin go PUMA hunting At the first event for the McCain-Palin ticket, at least one reason why John McCain chose the running mate he did became clear.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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Salon Politics Blogs

• Joan Walsh

  Fighting Barack Obama

  In Denver this week the Democratic nominee laid out a feisty, populist message and pulled his party together.

  Joan Walsh

• War Room

  Dobson says he'll vote for McCain-Palin

  The prominent evangelical leader has been reticent about supporting John McCain, so his move may signal how happy social conservatives are with the choice.

  Alex Koppelman