When the going gets tough in the heat of a campaign, the tough get going. When you want to know what’s really going on at those far-distant campaign rallies and you suspect that the Lamestream Media are holding back just a teeensy bit of the truth: THAT is when you want to read the straight scoop from a real journalist on the ground following the fortunes of the campaign, and picking up the signs that Journ-O-Listas (those who get their feed from the journ-o-list) overlook. Just for example, you may read elsewhere (AP, we mean you) that the crowd in Ohio tonight was smaller, or less enthusiastic, but with Stacy McCain on the case, you don’t just get his estimate, you get the number from the fire marshal, the count from the metal detectors, and sundry anecdotal evidence to back up his statements.
This quality of observation doesn’t come cheap, or easy – hundreds of miles on the road, many days away from home, nights on couches of friends and relatives, fast food and faster cigarettes, too much caffeine, etc. Stacy and colleague Ali Akbar (National Bloggers Club) have been on the road for more than a week, and are going to be following the trail all the way through Pennsylvania, assorted blue states, through NH to Dixville Notch, and on to the Romney victory party in Boston Tuesday night. See if YOU can spot the fedora as he passes through in pursuit of the story.
OVER AT THE OTHER MCCAIN:
- Nov 1: FOUR MORE DAYS: Kid Rock Tonight in the Only County That Matters
- Nov 1: Fred Thompson Makes News With Benghazi Comments at AFP Event
- Oct. 31: BREAKING NEWS FROM OHIO: REPUBLICAN WOMEN ARE HOT
- Oct. 31: FROM OHIO: POLLS, POLLS, POLLS
- Oct. 30: FROM OHIO: GROUND GAME REPORT
- Oct. 30: Mark October 30 on Your Calendar: Democrat Panic Hits Pandemic Stage
- Oct. 29: SCENES FROM ROMNEY-RYAN RALLY
- Oct. 29: FROM OHIO: Schedule Scrambled; Obama, Romney Cancel Campaign Events
- Oct. 28: FROM OHIO: ROMNEY GAINS IN STATE POLL, NOW TIED WITH OBAMA
- Oct. 27: STORM CANCELS ROMNEY VIRGINIA EVENTS; OHIO, HERE WE COME UPDATE: BOOM! Mitt Romney Endorsed by Des Moines Register
AND AT SPECTATOR.ORG (where they don’t pay nearly enough):
- Butler County, U.S.A. November 2, 2012
- Fred Thompson Calls Benghazi ‘Biggest Cover-Up in American History’ November 1, 2012
- Ground Troops in Ohio October 31, 2012
- Is the Ohio Trend Romney’s Friend? October 29, 2012
- The Plan, the Man, and the Believers October 25, 2012
- ‘Not Obama’ Wins Again October 23, 2012
- ‘Preference Cascade’ October 22, 2012
- Obama’s Hope Fades in Virginia October 18, 2012