Day 3
1:29 PM ET.

Yes, we’ve hit New Jersey! That’s right, I am staying in the car when we gas up because we’re in the Garden State!

Pretty good morning. We met an awesome State Assemblyman named Joe Cryan and did an interview in at the State House in Trenton, NJ. He’s the NJ Democrat State Party Chairman and had great insight into the races here in New Jersey and around the country.

We had our first major “incident” this morning when Peter slammed Josh’s finger in the car door. Josh reacted calmly to the incident, rest assured.

Oh well, I’m sure we’ll have plenty more “incidents” along the way.

Stopping at a Burlington Coat Factory to try and replace a bunch of the clothing that was stolen from our van when it was broken into the other night.

I love you all.

-Matthew

Day 4
1:17 PM ET.

Over the course of this trip we’re going to drive on quite a few historical and beautiful roads. Route 1 in New Jersey, however, is not one these famous thoroughfares. Gas is quite cheap though and the van is happy.

We just finished up with NJ State Democratic Party Chair and Assemblyman, Joe Cryan. It was a bit different than what we’ve doing in the past few days, sitting in his office in the State Capitol building instead of out at a campaign event, but Joe is a great guy who put the boys immediately at ease. There were jokes flying all around. Admittedly, we’re getting a bit backed up on episodes, but we’ve got lots of work to do and should have a PA episode up tomorrow and NJ sometime this weekend.

I think I’ve figured out the details of sharing the internet while we’re in the car, but power seems to be an issue. A quick list of what we have to charge on a daily basis: 2 blackberries, a Treo, a MacBook, 2 Dells, 3 iPods, the portable audio recorder, 2 digital cameras, and a video camera. It’s tough being connected all the time.

Finally, we’ve had our first injury of the trip. Peter slammed my finger in the door. You can send him your criticisms at peter@doublespeakshow.com.

-Josh