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

• "I find her offensive"

  John McCain was making a bid for South Florida's Jewish voters, a crucial demographic in a purple state. But then he chose Sarah Palin as a running mate.

  By Tristram Korten

• Obama's grass-roots battalion vs. McCain's ragtag platoon

  By Walter Shapiro

’08 Update

14:35 EDT, Oct. 6, 2008

Virginia is for Obama lovers Two new polls show Barack Obama leading John McCain by double digits in the state, which could seal the deal for Obama.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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13:00 EDT, Oct. 6, 2008

Quotes of the day Two prominent strategists see dark times ahead for the McCain campaign.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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12:00 EDT, Oct. 6, 2008

Palin uses Ayers, Wright to attack Obama Sarah Palin isn't shying away from one line of attack that John McCain had previously condemned.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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10:45 EDT, Oct. 6, 2008

Seven agree to testify in Troopergate probe A group of Alaska employees will stop challenging the subpoenas they were issued; Todd Palin, however, is still playing games.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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09:45 EDT, Oct. 6, 2008

New McCain ad calls Obama "dishonorable" As the campaign gets even more personal, the McCain campaign releases an ad falsely implying Obama slandered U.S. troops, and saying the Democrats are "too risky for America."

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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Salon Politics Blogs

• Joan Walsh

  Springsteen: "I want my country back"

  Supporting Obama, the rock legend takes a swing-state tour, once again.

  Joan Walsh

• Glenn Greenwald

  John McCain's unprecedentely ugly speech today

  The increasingly petty and ugly attacks on Barack Obama by a desperate, dying movement are a microcosm of the last eight years.

  Glenn Greenwald

• War Room

  Virginia is for Obama lovers

  Two new polls show Barack Obama leading John McCain by double digits in the state, which could seal the deal for Obama.

  Alex Koppelman