Local Reporter Gives Insight on McCain's Presidential Campaign

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Published September 25, 2008 at 7:51 AM PDT

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What's it like being on the campaign trail with John McCain? Why won't vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin be made available to reporters? What can we expect to hear from the candidates in the upc

Tom Fudge: News about the race for president has taken a backseat lately to the crisis of the credit markets. In fact, John McCain announced yesterday that he would suspend his campaign, for the time being, to devote himself to the big issue at hand.

NPR's business correpondent Scott Horley has been splitting his time between covering the financial bailout and covering the McCain campaign. You may know that this is the second presidential race Scott has covered. He covered the John Kerry campaign for president four years ago.

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Scott's been kind enough to come into KPBS studios to talk about covering this year's race.

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Scott Horsley , correspondent for National Public Radio. Scott has been part of the press corp. following presidential candidate John McCain.