Day 50
2:02 PM ET.

We are home!!!

-Peter

Day 50
1:52 PM ET.

Some resources (besides DoubleSpeak) to check today for all kinds of news and voting updates.

• Create a custom scorecard at CNN.com
• MyDD.com
• TPM Cafe Scoreboard
• DCCC Results
• Check for each individual state’s Secretary of State website.

And I did my civic duty today, have you?

I was #142.

-Josh

Day 2
5:49 PM ET.

We just finished a good interview with a grassroots organization here in Philly. They are doing lots of good work and we will bring that interview to you soon.

We’ve been talking to lots of people about Bob Casey and his campaign. There is lots of frustration around PA about Casey’s weak campaign and I sincerely hope Casey can pull this off.

Whenver he speaks it sounds like he’s on quaaludes. Could that be his strategy?

Headed home to finish packing and get ready to push off first thing Friday morning.

-Matthew

Day 2
2:49 PM ET.

We’re still in downtown Philly- about to release Episode 10 on Net Neutrality. It’s been a great day- we were up at 6:00 AM to drive to Bristol, PA to interview Patrick Murphy.

We have been reaching-out to folks in New Jersey, Connecticut and beyond to book some great interviews. So far we’ve gotten a great reaction from the campaigns we’ve spoken to.

We are preparing for an interview with a political activist from downtown who’s going to talk to us about why Radical Rick Santorum is such a wacko.

-Matthew

Day 1
1:52 PM ET.

While we’re now officially on the road (read: not at work), there’s still lots of work to do booking, packing, and organizing the marathon journey we’re about to start. Peter is doing research for an interview tonight, Matt is working on the script for an upcoming episode, and I’m editing together audio of a recent sitdown with a friend from MoveOn.org. And while we work in my living room in South Philly, still mourning the collapse of our Eagles on Sunday, we’re catching Bush’s speech to the UN on CNN.

The most interesting part of the speech is watching the reactions of the international representatives in the room. The president’s speech is all boilerplate rhetoric at this point so the the occasional chuckles from various Middle Eastern ambassadors are about the only thing to look for. They don’t look too happy. John Bolton looks fantastic with his ear translator piece however.

Bush is also adopting a very strange style in this speech, constantly using “you” to describe each region and state as he comes to it. He really feels the need to dictate everyone’s actions.

Ok, back to the grindstone. We’ve got lots of writing and editing to do before we get in the van tonight.

-Josh