DCist: ABC News Says "50 States, 50 Days" Will Include the District of Columbia

CoHe

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:46:22 -0500

Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa can not vote for president. They have no electoral votes. The political parties can let them vote in primaries though.

cminus

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:56:17 -0500

fedward: you forgot "fire hot!"

fedward

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:29:45 -0500

Joking aside, I'd be willing to bet that Virginia, Maryland, and DC get lumped together in a couple days worth of compare-and-contrast coverage. News flash! Southern Virginia largely conservative! Northern Virginia, DC, and close-in Maryland suburbs all very similar!

KrazyKat

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:22:39 -0500

I think when they mean "stop in DC", they mean, quickly drive through to avoid Bush from running outside thinking the ice cream truck has finally come to his neighborhood and use old footage of random tourists in their FBI hats and I heart DC t-shirts standing in front of the Capitol building calling it the White House.

Vaughan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:11:33 -0500

even if charlie gibson fails in his hard-nosed journalistic attempt to show every facet of our D.C. in a single day, i am comforted to think that the blonde charity mafia will be ready and standing by to show off all the diversity and quirkiness of our fair city. um, state. whatever.

ChickenArise

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:53:39 -0500

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands can't catch a break. They will be featured with DC, the Dakotas, and Alaska. Now guess which states get more than one day.

suances

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:49:23 -0500

Slow news week, huh?

ces12

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:48:31 -0500

They will talk to three congressional staffers, and the required walk into Ben's Chilli and call it quits. I think you mean - required reporting from Tryst.

ces12

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:48:02 -0500

dont they do this kind of stuff every year?

fedward

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:46:03 -0500

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands can't catch a break.

Reid

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:42:58 -0500

According to all politicos, the coming election is always the most important election ever. Meaning that it's more important that the last election, which was also the most important election ever. At least up to that point. Of course what this means it that this election will be the 3rd least important election of the 21st century.

common_tater

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:41:50 -0500

ABC is sending correspondents around the country? 50 in 50 (or 51 in 51)? During an election year in this, the 21st century? Astonishing. Incredible. Almost unbelievable. Whoopdie.

petitepomme

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:37:11 -0500

and by "a african-american" i ment "an african-american". aaaaaaaaaaah.

petitepomme

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:36:20 -0500

I guess it's historic in that we finally have a chance to elect either the oldest dude ever as president or a african-american.

downtowndc

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:27:19 -0500

What is it that's making this November 4th vote an "historic vote"? The media keeps calling it that - isn't this the same election we have every 4 years?

stmove

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:23:53 -0500

They will talk to three congressional staffers, and the required walk into Ben's Chilli and call it quits.

stmove

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:21:57 -0500

The Dakotas just get .3 day, we get the rest?

NotInTheCoolCrowd

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:19:31 -0500

Of course they'll come to DC, but will they actually talk to DC residents, DC voters, people who aren't here to work for the federal government?

RJ

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:07:48 -0500

So who gets to share their day with DC?