For weeks, John McCain’s crowds have been filled with what Sarah Palin might call “real Americans”–flag waving red staters, with hunting hats, facial hair and well-worn jeans. Classic rock and contemporary country played at events. By contrast, McCain’s Election Night celebration has a country club feel. The palm trees are lit with color-changing pastel lights [...]
Even if it’s good civics. Record voter turn out is going to eat a hole in the bottom lines of these businesses, who have offered various inducements to those who can show they exercised their franchise. As it were. If anyone knows of any other similar program, please let me know. America was founded on [...]
John McCain came back to bid farewell to his traveling press corps on his final campaign flight from New Mexico to Arizona. A few minutes later, his chief political strategist Steve Schmidt stood in the aisle surrounded by reporters’ digital audio recorders. Here is a quick transcript of what he said: He’s [McCain's] been working [...]
But not here. Please join Michael Grunwald, Jim Poniewozik and myself at this link. I’ll be heading over to the rally in about an hour. It’s a glorious night, weatherwise.
Election ’08 Trivia: What were the last three words spoken by John McCain at a political rally in his campaign for president? Answer: “I love it.” It was an ad-lib, at the end of his standard stump, the one where he says he is an American and will stand up to fight, the one where [...]
Feel free to put your own polling experiences in the comments — I’ll be watching for especially interesting/entertaining/moving/troubling ones — but for now, remember: It’s up to you to keep the whole world watching: 866ourvote.org and the Twitter Vote Report offer a whole new level of transparent democracy. Noted: McCain voted with a paper ballot. [...]
Hopefully, this video will actually embed… [[blank space of nothing]] Thanks for the shout-out, Keith. UPDATE: Of course it didn’t. Ugh. Here, tho!
Barack Obama has just finished his one and only campaign stop for the day, which had him working the phones with a few dozen volunteers at UAW Local 555 in Indianapolis. How does he see his chances in this ruby-red state? “I think we can win in Indiana,” he told us.”Otherwise, I wouldn’t be in [...]
I’m sure Steve Schmidt will see this as another sign of an in-the-tank press corps: On the flight from Chicago to Indianapolis, Obama autographed our credentials for tonight’s rally. UPDATE: Another last-day-of-camp ritual. Obama posed for group photos on the tarmac with reporters, the motorcade drivers and the advance staff. As we posed, Obama told [...]
