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

• The Obama show lands in Israel

  He got a rock-star reception here, but an intriguing question lingers: Which U.S. presidential candidate is better for this country?

  By Aluf Benn

• Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power

  By Tim Shorrock

• McCain: Enough about you, let's talk about me

  By Mike Madden

’08 Update

19:00 EDT, July 23, 2008

VoteVets targets McCain with new ad In the spot, a veteran of the Iraq war says, "'freedom' means when the Iraqi people and their Prime Minister ask us to make a plan to leave, we do."

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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17:41 EDT, July 23, 2008

Who'll be the Republicans' Obama now? Bobby Jindal, who'd been discussed as a potential running mate for John McCain, says he doesn't want to be nominated for the vice presidency.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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15:31 EDT, July 23, 2008

More bad news for McCain on Iraq A new poll shows Americans favor a timeline for withdrawal, which McCain's campaign has argued against.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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14:22 EDT, July 23, 2008

Republicans lose a major financial backer T. Boone Pickens, who gave millions to support the Swift Boat Veterans, among other GOP causes, is now focusing on energy independence instead.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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12:37 EDT, July 23, 2008

Obama camp debuts Spanish-language radio ad Highlighting Obama's personal history, the spot concludes, "It's time we had a president who understands we all deserve a chance to make our own way."

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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Salon Politics Blogs

• War Room

  VoteVets targets McCain with new ad

  In the spot, a veteran of the Iraq war says, "'freedom' means when the Iraqi people and their Prime Minister ask us to make a plan to leave, we do."

  Alex Koppelman

• Joan Walsh

  Obama's grand tour

  The high-risk trip has been mistake-free to date. McCain's answer: Blame the media.

  Joan Walsh

• Glenn Greenwald

  The honorable centrist Joe Lieberman

  Even after John McCain was forced to repudiate pastor John Hagee's views as "deeply offensive and indefensible," the Connecticut senator will share a stage with Hagee and speak to his group.

  Glenn Greenwald