A2: Politics

On The Swamp (a blog kept by the Chicago Tribune’s Washington Bureau), reporter James Oliphant tells of arriving in Ann Arbor to cover Obama’s swing through southeast Michigan. “We’re working too, cooling our heels in a Courtyard by Marriott parking lot, waiting to move on to the first event of the day. …More recent: Arriving at the hotel in Ann Arbor past 11 p.m. and finding out all of the local restaurants are closed. For a crew of hungry, tired reporters, the only worse news could have been if none of the bathrooms were operational.” [Source]