http://www.sbs.com.au/rss/Blog/109450 Well, we're almost finished, thank goodness. What a dull campaign this has been... http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109462/Day-42-Washington-DC-Prediction-time/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109462/Day-42-Washington-DC-Prediction-time/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +1100 Great news! I'm going to get a one on one meeting with George Bush. Turns out he's got his hands pretty free at the moment. Except for the bombing Syria - but that's just a bit of crazy business. You know -- might as well use your executive powers to do something fun in the final days in office. Well that's what Dick's told him, anyway. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109461/Day-38-New-York/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109461/Day-38-New-York/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +1100 Well, Obama has stretched to a 12 point average lead in the compilation of nationwide polls. Everyone says that's outside the "Bradley effect" buffer that Obama requires (to account for the fact that black people are inexplicably more unpopular on election day than people who answer opinion polls admit). http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109460/Day-31-West-Virginia/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109460/Day-31-West-Virginia/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +1100 Bumped into Joe the Plumber (aka Joe the Non-Plumber) this morning. Our bathroom in the hotel was leaking and so I called up the most expensive plumber I could find in the whole of America (SBS will pick up the tab), and it turns out it was Joe the Plumber (aka Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher), who reckons he makes $280,000 a year being an unlicensed non-plumber. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109459/Day-25-Chicago/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109459/Day-25-Chicago/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +1100 Phoenix, Arizona is probably the hottest place in the history of the universe. My shoe got stuck to melting tar on the road, and that was at 5:30 this morning. I think I saw fire melt today. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109458/Day-12-Nich-s-Report/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109458/Day-12-Nich-s-Report/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +1000 I should give you some back story on what this whole blog is about. Earlier this year I lined up an exclusive one-on-one meeting with President George Bush, and on that basis SBS has agreed to fund a documentary about my journey across America to the White house, covering the elections along the way. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109457/Day-11-Phoenix/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109457/Day-11-Phoenix/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +1000 So, I'm half way between Los Angeles and Phoenix as me and my crew travel across America making this documentary for SBS about the US elections. And we've got a flat tyre (or, as they spell it here, tire). http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109456/Day-8-Palm-Springs/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109456/Day-8-Palm-Springs/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +1000 More from director Nich... http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109455/Day-5-Nich-s-Report/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109455/Day-5-Nich-s-Report/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +1000 I received this email overnight... http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109454/Day-4-LA/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109454/Day-4-LA/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +1000 Just landed in Los Angeles. Great city. Feel really safe in downtown. There hasn't been a riot here in years, they tell me. Great time to be in America, of course, with the collapse of the entire financial system. McCain is being criticised for saying that the "fundamentals of the American economy are strong", but frankly, I can see where he's coming from. Where else can you get a 54oz Slurpee for $1.14 - INCLUDING sales tax? http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109448/Day-1-LA/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109448/Day-1-LA/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:05:00 +1000 We landed in LA this morning. It's everything I thought it would be. I'm still trying to get used to how much to tip when we go out for meals, it's all a bit foreign to me. But Charles said he'd leave it up to me for a few days to get the hang of it, so I'm sure I'll work it out. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109452/Day-1-Nich-s-Report/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109452/Day-1-Nich-s-Report/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:10:00 +1000 It was early in the morning, and I had a bit of a nose sniffle. Unfortunately nobody on my team had any sudafed, so I went out on the streets of downtown of LA and asked around to see if anyone had any drugs. http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109453/Day-3-LA/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House http://www.sbs.com.au/blogarticle/109453/Day-3-LA/blog/The-Road-to-the-White-House Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +1000