2008 presidential election

Just as a heads up, tonight the TWI staff will be filing dispatches from around the country. We have three reporters in Arizona keeping us updated on the McCain campaign, a reporter in Chicago following Sen. Barack Obama and a reporter here in Washington stopping by the Republican National Committee’s festivities and the Democratic Congressional [...]

We’re all excited for Election Day here at TWI! If you haven’t gotten to the polls yet, make sure you do.
Even our favorite team member, Theo Bennahum, has made it there:

Ana Marie Cox is stationed at Sen. John McCain’s election night headquarters in Arizona, where she will be filing dispatches throughout the day and tonight.
Letting us know what it’s like in the press center, here’s her first Election Day video:

… but that won’t stop me from sharing my Washington voting experience, and a few photos, with you.
I cast my ballot this morning in the Petworth neighborhood, where I reside. The line was long — I waited for about an hour and a half — but without incident. There was no ID check, no signs [...]

Remember when we thought Troopergate was over a few weeks ago? Well, now it actually is — I think.
A second report, produced by a group of Gov. Sarah Palin’s appointees clears her of all possible ethics violations, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
The first Troopergate report found that Palin broke the law in pressuring state employees [...]

Previous GOP campaigns succeeded by stoking people’s “artificial differences,” as Jesse Jackson once put it. That old okey-doke can’t survive this much time or this much crisis.

LEESBURG, Va. — As the Palin campaign rolled through this exurban neighborhood, members of the traveling press were surprised when the bus lurched to a stop.
We were in a neighborhood of spacious two-story homes with two- and three-car garages. While built in the past five to 10 years, the architecture of the houses was reminiscent [...]

LEESBURG, Va. — Tito the Builder made an appearance here today.

LANDSDOWNE, Va. — As it turns out, making photo copies for the state of Alaska is good work, if you can get it.
A few weeks ago, while reporting from Alaska, I filed a request for all of the resumes submitted for the governor’s consideration for appointments to boards and committees. I heard back Friday afternoon [...]

ORLANDO, Fla. — With all the speculation about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s future on the national stage, remember: she’s got problems back at home.
If Palin doesn’t become vice president, a number of scandals await her return — including the second Troopergate investigation, questions about collecting state per diem while at home in Wasilla (a 45-minute [...]