Day 30
3:58 PM CT.

On our health.

We finally cracked and veered off of I-90 W to eat at McDonald’s. Ewwwww. Due to some great enablers (Andy, Kathryn, and Chris) we have a gift card to the “Golden Arches” and while we’ve tried to stay away from the junk, we all felt like today was the day to give in.

We’ve just entered Iowa, my home away from home. I am looking forward to seeing good friends and getting the download on the political scene as we head towards the 2008 caucus. We will head first to Sioux City and do an interview tonight with Democratic Gubernatorial candidate, Chet Culver. Then, we’ll go down to Des Moines to spend a couple of days producing and interviewing interesting folks including Bruce Braley in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District.

We are on the last disc of Bill Clinton’s “My Life” and I can’t wait to see how it ends! I hope y’all are having a good time reading about our journey and as we get down to the end of this election cycle, it’s even more critical for every person in this country to tune in and get to work.

I am truly concerned that Democrats are going to get complacent and feel like there’s no way we can lose. THIS IS JUST NOT THE CASE and we can’t stop fighting for every vote in every district until the last polling booth is closed on November 7th. Then, we’ll drink.

-Matthew

Day 28
11:58 AM CT.

We’re back, America.

After a really terrific weekend with some very special ladies, the DoubleSpeak team is back and better than ever! We’re still in Minneapolis, MN and today Peter and I are working from our new office at the Caribou Coffee on Hennepin Street. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and we’ll buy you a cup of coffee.**

We are working hard booking the next couple days including Keith Ellison, candidate in MN’s 5th CD, the MN Senate candidate Amy Klobuchar, and others. Oh, and we are working to book a very special guest whose name rhymes with “Billary”. Should be an exciting couple of days for DoubleSpeak and for America.

Stay tuned for lots of photos from our weekend once Joshua B. Skaroff emerges from his weekend.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and let’s get ‘er done.

More later from Caribou Coffee…

**This, of course, is not true.

-Matthew

Day 25 (halfway through the trip)
5:28 PM CT.

We are in Minneapolis, MN and enjoying a crisp autumn day.

What a city- really, it’s absolutely beautiful and this weekend will be a bit of a break for the DoubleSpeak team. We’ve been busting our butts for 25 days and we’re all going to take a day off tomorrow to relax, see the city, and recharge the old batteries.

We will try to post some photos and we’ll be back at it on Monday with road journals and blog posts.

Have a great weekend, America.

In case you forget what I look like, here’s a reminder.

-Matthew