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

• Hang up and drive

  Think driving while talking on the cellphone is safe as long as you use a headset, as new laws require? Stop yammering and read this article.

  By Katharine Mieszkowski

• Vive la Obama différence!

  By Beth Arnold

• The Obama show lands in Israel

  By Aluf Benn

’08 Update

07:20 EDT, July 26, 2008

A tale of two campaigns Obama had a magical week, McCain had a bad one, but the polls remain remarkably close.

By Joan Walsh

Joan Walsh

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20:22 EDT, July 25, 2008

Former Bush cabinet member as Obama's running mate? Politico reports that a Republican who served in George W. Bush's cabinet during his first term has been mentioned by Barack Obama's search team as a potential running mate.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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16:10 EDT, July 25, 2008

Rove map shows Obama beating McCain A series of Electoral College maps produced by the company run by the man once known as "Bush's Brain" has Barack Obama narrowly winning the presidency.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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14:57 EDT, July 25, 2008

The John Edwards "love child" story Yes, the original report comes from the National Enquirer, but new information lends additional credibility to its article.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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12:24 EDT, July 25, 2008

McCain memo is riddled with inaccuracies McCain's campaign claims to have debunked "three prevailing myths about Obama's foreign policy," but it's the McCain camp that isn't connected to reality.

By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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Salon Politics Blogs

• Joan Walsh

  A tale of two campaigns

  Obama had a magical week, McCain had a bad one, but the polls remain remarkably close.

  Joan Walsh

• War Room

  Former Bush cabinet member as Obama's running mate?

  Politico reports that a Republican who served in George W. Bush's cabinet during his first term has been mentioned by Barack Obama's search team as a potential running mate.

  Alex Koppelman

• Glenn Greenwald

  The parade of "shrill, unserious extremists" on display at today's impeachment hearings

  In the Beltway world, those who believe in open government and accountability for lawbreaking by political leaders are demonized and marginalized.

  Glenn Greenwald