because they are so all consuming. being on the plane, filing the six paragraph blog item literally as the plane is taking off. i think one of the most important things in covering a campaign is to get outside the bubble. talk about why you re here. we re doing a i ll let you talk this time. going into a state and sinking in and talking to people. good to go. where you from? spending lots of time in parking lots talking to voters. have you made up your mind on who you are supporting? absolutely. what is the biggest issue for you right now? what do you like about hillary clinton? she has a lot of strength in her heart. this year, when it s a crazy campaign and there is a lot of travel and you have a new baby, you kind of end up feeling like you re doing everything badly. i think that was the hardest thing for me, was i didn t realize that you would have this
moment. i was thinking, oh, that s so hard. must be so hard to be away. campaigns are really tough because they are so all consuming. being on the plane, filing the six paragraph blog item literally as the plane s taking off, but i think one of the most important things in covering a campaign is to get outside the bubble. can i have a second to talk about why you re here. no, i m going to let you talk this time. going into a state and sinking in and talking to people. gosh, so close. where are you guys from? spending lots of time in parking lots talking to voters. have you made up your mind on who you re supporting? absolutely. what is the biggest issue for you right now? what do you like about hillary clinton? she has a lot of strength in her heart. this year when it s a crazy campaign and there s a lot of travel and you have a new baby, you kind of end up feeling like
when i started covering the campaign. i definitely had to learn a lot of discipline by taking care of lila and trying to be present with her in the moment and not get distracted by every little thing that happens on the campaign trail. look at that! figuring out that balance is really tricky. in 2004 when i was covering the campaign i remember being on the bus and listening to this mom call home, having this conversation with her kid about gymnastics and what she d eaten for dinner and all of that and it kind of blew my mind in the moment. i was thinking oh, that s so hard, it must be so hard to be away. campaigns are really tough because they are so all-consuming. being on the plane, filing the six-paragraph blog item literally as the plane is taking off. but i think one of the most
in the winter of 2009, 5 years ago today, actually, a small blog in this country got a very big international scoop. it was february 2009, so that s just one month into the barack obama presidency. right? and while most people in this country were fixated on the freefalling global economy, and whether the new president and newly elected democrats would be able to arrest that freefall and bring us back from the brink of depression, three activists here in the united states were making preparations for big overseas trip. the blog in question which is called the box turtle bulletin, they got advanced word about this trip. five years ago today, they posted this blog item. what they reported that day is three american evangelical activists had been invited to attend a three-day conference in uganda in march. that march. 2009. the conference was being organized by a ugandan anti-gay group and three american activists were scheduled to
obama presidency. right? and while most people in this country were fixated on the free-falling global economy, and whether the new president and newly elected democrats would be able to arrest that free-fall and bring us back from the brink of depression, three activists here in the united states were making preparations for big overseas trip. the blog in question which is called the box turtle bulletin, they got advanced word about this trip. five years ago today, they posted this blog item. what they reported that day is three american evangelical activists had been invited to attend a three-day conference in uganda in march. that march. 2009. the conference was being organized by a ugandan anti-gay group and three american activists were scheduled to appear and speak at that conference. it was unclear at the time what that conference was going to be all about exactly. in march of that year as expected, these three american evangelical activists traveled to uganda and spoke at that