A commenter forwarded this story to the DCist tipline, and we also got a press release from ABC News announcing the same program: a “50 States, 50 Days” election coverage project co-produced by ABC News and USA Today.

ABC News and USA TODAY will launch an unprecedented news project on Monday, September 15, to report from every state in the nation during the 50 days leading up to the presidential election. ABC News’ anchors and correspondents and USA TODAY’s reporters and photographers will report on one state each day in the run-up to the historic vote on November 4. The stories will focus on issues facing voters in their respective states. Every ABC News platform will contribute to “50 States, 50 Days,” including major road trips on “Good Morning America,” “World News with Charles Gibson,” and “Nightline.” USA TODAY will cover seven states a week in the newspaper, with two states being featured on Monday’s and Friday’s. ABCNEWS.com and USATODAY.com will share news content and produce complementary interactive features.

“As we approach this watershed election, ABC News and USA TODAY will go to every corner of this great country to report on the hopes and concerns of Americans as they prepare to cast their votes,” said David Westin, President of ABC News. “Having worked on many successful joint editorial projects over the years with USA TODAY, we could not be more pleased to partner once again with them.”

OK. But in producing a feature on every state over the course of 50 days, will they also be covering the District of Columbia?

“Yes, we will,” said ABC News spokesperson Bridgette Maney. Maney said ABC hasn’t released their schedule yet, but producers will stop in D.C. in the course of their cross-country trip.

We were all set to get our D.C. inclusion guff up on this one, but we suppose “50 States, 1 District, 50 Days” doesn’t have the same kind of ring to it.