All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(WASILLA, Alaska) “Remember, you’re at the bottom of the food chain when you’re up here.”

With those less-than-comforting final words from our hotel clerk, I set off with two other embedded reporters covering the Palin campaign to get a taste of Alaska on a day when the governor held no public events. A day off on the trail usually consists of filing expense reports, doing laundry and catching up on sleep, but we reasoned that all that stuff could be taken care of the next time we roll through Ohio or New Hampshire. We wanted to get a sense of this exotic place that the vice-presidential candidate calls home.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) Everything is a bit different in Alaska. That became evident to me even before Sarah Palin’s plane touched down in Fairbanks last night. As we came in for a landing, I was surprised to see that even though it was still early September, the leaves on the trees that dot the region had already turned a bright shade of yellow.

It doesn’t take long to realize that people here share a real pride in what makes their state unique. But I was surprised to discover the extent to which Alaskans have viewed their separation from the Lower 48 as a hindrance to a sense of connectivity with the rest of the country.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) Sarah Palin’s homecoming to Alaska felt more like a victory party than a campaign rally, complete with confetti shooting out into the crowd of over 1,000 people who had come to get a glimpse of their state’s favorite daughter.

After two weeks away from the 49th state, Palin was clearly overjoyed to be back in more familiar surroundings where people “know that up here, it’s a snow machine, not a snowmobile.”

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