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

• 5 must-see C-Span videos for political dorks

  Pat Schroeder crying. Paul Tsongas taking apart Bill Clinton. It's all happening again, for the first time online

  By Steve Kornacki

• Will Democrats really doom healthcare?

  By Mike Madden

• Can tea partiers recall the Senate?

  By John R. Bohrer

’08 Update

18:45 EST, Dec. 30, 2009

DNC likely to do away with superdelegates A key feature of the 2008 presidential primaries may be on its way out

By By Alex Koppelman

War Room

8

12:30 EST, Dec. 3, 2009

Hey, Minnesotans, miss Norm Coleman? Good news! The former senator may be eyeing a return to politics

By By Gabriel Winant

War Room

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Salon Politics Blogs

• War Room

  Dennis Kucinich gets to "yes"

  The liberal from Ohio says he still doesn't like the healthcare bill much, but he won't be the one to stop it

  Mike Madden

• Glenn Greenwald

  Those authoritarian, torture-loving French

  A new experiment reveals truths about submission to authority that ought to be obvious to all Americans

  Glenn Greenwald