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

• Iran's nuke negotiator: "We have nothing to hide"

  In an interview, Iran's nuclear ambassador, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, says his country doesn't fear the West's threats

  By Dieter Bednarz

• Is it tea party time in Texas?

  By Mike Madden

• Top two Arlington officials tell conflicting stories

  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

42

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

19

Salon Politics Blogs

• Joan Walsh

  I'm thankful I'm not President Obama

  Backers deride Katrina-style negligence, haters hate him more each day. Can this presidency be saved? Of course

  Joan Walsh

• War Room

  Why reconciliation might not save the public option

  Liberals want Harry Reid to pass reform under a procedure that doesn't allow filibusters, but it's not so easy

  Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden

• Glenn Greenwald

  Greg Craig and Obama's worsening civil liberties record

  A new Time account of the fall of Obama's White House counsel sheds much light on rule of law issues.

  Glenn Greenwald