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

• Is it tea party time in Texas?

  A GOP primary between Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison will test the Republican path for the future

  By Mike Madden

• Top two Arlington officials tell conflicting stories

  By Mark Benjamin

• Another mystery grave at Arlington

  By Mark Benjamin

’08 Update

12:34 EST, Nov. 19, 2009

Majority of Republicans think ACORN stole election for Obama A new poll shows a sizable minority of the country believes the president's election wasn't legitimate

By By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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17:20 EST, Nov. 10, 2009

Obama camp was source for Edwards haircut story An infamous report about a rival's $400 style came from Obama campaign opposition research

By By Alex Koppelman

War Room

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Salon Politics Blogs

• War Room

  Fox News execs cracking down on mistakes

  The network's been caught in some embarrassing errors recently; its brass is trying to put a stop to that

  Alex Koppelman

• Glenn Greenwald

  The extreme secrecy of the federal courts

  Judges are not only permitted, but required, to conceal anything the government declares to be secret.

  Glenn Greenwald

• Joan Walsh

  More GOP lies about healthcare reform

  Republicans who know better falsely claim that the panel recommending fewer mammograms is a Dem plan for rationing

  Joan Walsh