Ana Marie Cox’s Video Update from Ohio

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, on the McCain campaign trail, reports via video from Columbus, Ohio. Here it is, after the jump:

Palin Excitement Spreads to Speechwriter

TWI correspondent Ana Marie Cox, on the trail with John McCain, parses another speech by Gov. Sarah Palin. She notes that Palin’s speechwriter, perhaps in an effort to reduce the candidate’s deviations from the script, has adopted her conversational — and emphatic — tone in the prepared statements, packing More…

The End From the Beginning for McCain

In the closing days of the campaign, the question I’m asked most frequently is: When did Sen. John McCain’s effort begin to unravel? My answer: “What date did he secure the nomination?”

From the very start, the McCain organization was flawed in its dealings with the traveling press corps. That More…

The Monolithic Press?

LEESBURG, Va. — I’m on the idling Palin press bus, getting ready to head out on a swing through the state and then on to Pennsylvania tonight.

Sitting here with this group of journalists, print and television, I’m reminded of an interesting moment last night in Asheville, N.C.

Palin met More…