All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

(ST. LOUIS) Sarah Palin’s post-debate rally at St. Louis University’s Chaifetz Arena on Thursday night was briefly interrupted by a small group of protesters on the upper balcony. The candidate looked on as thousands of her cheering supporters drowned the protesters out, then she calmly stepped back up to the microphone.

“You know what? I got a call from my son today,” Palin said, referring to her 19-year-old son Track. “He’s been deployed over to Iraq. He’s fighting for our freedoms, including their freedom to say what they want to say.”

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

John McCain challenged Barack Obama to a series of 10 town hall meetings today between June 12th and the Democratic National Convention on August 25th. The idea came from Barry Goldwater and John Kennedy, who had agreed to do a series of joint town hall meetings during the 1964 election, but ultimately didn’t occur because of Kennedy’s assassination.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

PENUELOS, P.R. -- Hillary Clinton said today that she would accept a debate offer from a major Spanish language television channel in Puerto Rico in the coming days because she said, “the issues facing Puerto Rico are serious and deserve a serious debate."

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From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Barack Obama said Hillary Clinton looked “in her element” at last night’s debate, which he described as a “roll out of the Republican’s campaign” against him in November.

“I have to say Senator Clinton looked in her element,” Obama said. “She was taking every opportunity to get a dig in there. That’s alright. That’s her right. That’s her right to kind of twist the knife a little bit.”

While not completely ruling it out, Obama seemed disinclined to participate in another debate with Clinton before the North Carolina primary on May 6th.

“We had agreed earlier to a debate, Senator Clinton declined that,” he said. “We’ve now had 21 [debates], and look, the previous three, we did very well, so it’s not as if we don't know how to do these things.”

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

BOCA RATON, FLA. -- At a pre-debate rally at Bogart’s Bar & Grille, Mitt Romney prepared the excited crowd for what to expect when the five leading GOP candidates take the stage.

“Tonight I predict that most of the guns will be aimed at me,” Romney said to the cheering crowd of about 150 people.

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From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the morning after the most heated Democratic debate to date in this presidential contest, Hillary Clinton summed up her view of the campaign saying, “We have words, and we have action,” essentially calling Barack Obama a candidate who is all talk and no action.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

STRATHAM, N.H. -- For most of the GOP campaign, Rudy Giuliani has been the candidate who has pressed the argument that he is the most electable Republican. But in light of Barack Obama’s sweeping victory in the Democratic caucuses, Mitt Romney is arguing that his own message of change would be strongest in a general election, while a long-serving senator like John McCain would have a difficult time winning.

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From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

John McCain chatted with reporters about his impressions of the two Republican debates in New Hampshire over the weekend.

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From CBS News' Scott Conroy:

DERRY, N.H. -- After stopping by Mary Ann’s diner to shake some hands with voters this morning, Mitt Romney was asked what needed to happen in New Hampshire for him to pull off a victory over John McCain here.

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From CBS News' Ryan Corsaro:

NASHUA, N.H. -- Rudy Giuliani commented on last night’s rare meeting of both Democratic and Republican candidates between debates, calling it “more than symbolic ... that was a very nice thing.”

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