Publish Your Presidential Election Coverage Through HuffPost's OffTheBus

As Campaign '08 comes to a dramatic close are you as bored, frustrated and often outraged as we are about the blizzard of totally predictable media bloviating that seems to blanket us 24/7? Then help fight back by enlisting in the growing army of HuffPost's OffTheBus citizen reporters. After you sign up for our Special Ops reporting team, we'll be issuing weekly assignments targeted at your local communities. Our ranks are open to everyone, everywhere, but we're especially interested in those living in battleground states who can regularly report. And those who are adventurous, curious, and passionate about communicating their observations and experiences to a national audience.

By working together and going around the tired Conventional Wisdom of the MSM, we can enrich the political and media debate with the perspectives of actual citizens, not just the high-paid hostages on those sealed-off campaign buses. Just recently our citizen journalists scrutinized and compared the Obama and McCain campaign offices in Arizona. They unpacked the players at a Women for Obama rally in Michigan. And they went to a little-covered event rally with Howard Dean, who promised that the ground troops will come through on November 4 for Obama.

So sign up now to start spending less time moaning about the media and a lot more time time becoming it. The only requirements are that you commit to a weekly reporting assignment. In return, we'll publish reports that meet our standards at HuffPost's OffTheBus, and the best here on HuffPost's homepage.

Comments

[crease]

Michigan is a state that is glad to see McPalin pull out and leave, now if he would just take his disgusting campaign and leave the country all would be good.I would be honored to blog for Huff Po and the left.

[1dogs2]

Bill Clinton just delivered a barn-burning speech at an Obama-Biden rally in Florida! MSNBC carried most of it live. True, Clinton had nothing negative to say about the Republican ticket except to note what a much better choice Biden is than Palin.

Clinton drives me crazy. On Sunday, he sounded as if he were a McCain spokesman. Today, he sounds like a good Democrat. Half the time I want to slap him. The other half I want to cheer.

[marasgram18]

yep glad to report

[blood1]

Letter to the editor:

MARC: I don't disagree with your idea...but there is a much more important issue that you could probably help, so I am asking for your help.

There are thousands of individuals who are registered voters that do not have accurate Voter Registration files, due to home eviction/ foreclosure. I'll bet that they have been busy trying to get their lives back into order and the idea that their Voter Registration files are inaccurate has not been on their top 10 list of things to worry about. If there are inaccuracies, they may not be able to vote. II have heard that the swing vote states operatives are going to be active on election day to assure that they do not vote.

So would it be possible for you to use your contacts to get this information out. I am hoping that you could email your cohorts across the nation and have them contact all their LOCAL news media (print and TV) contacts to air information on to resolved this inconsistency on a state by state basis.

TV news should spend as much time reporting on how to resolve this significant concern for 40 days as they had told us how to resolve the conversion from analog to digital TV.

Let me know, because this will be my focus for the next 40 days...otherwise I would be glad to help your cause

Thanks! San Antonio, TX

[Kwaayesnama]

I live on the Hopi Indian Reservation in Northern Arizona.
I spend time in Arizona and New Mexico Native American Reservations.
Sign me up. The nation has too much to loose if we do not make our voices heard.

[judesedit]

I want to let you know of something I was told today. A Colombian woman who has been in this country for 7 years, is taking an "English as a Second Language" course. Her Hispanic instructor has been telling the class that the American dream is owning 7 homes and 13 automobiles, and that if McCain is elected she will all be able to have these things. Nothing is further from the truth. She is adamant about this as if it's a fact. The only one that will be getting more homes and cars is John McCain himself. Please convey this message to your Hispanic readers, so they can verify this fact and begin to broadcast the truth. I was in Broward County, Florida. Thank you.

[marasgram18]

I would like to know who is paying for her to learn english if tax dollars are invovlved please leverage a complaint immediately

[Cherlesq]

If you mandate that English is the language then we should help this women learn English. In all likelihood she has paid taxes too. The question is who is paying the teacher to spread propoganda and influence voters in a language course most likely subsidized by taxpayers.

[Silverton]

Is America finally ready to hear what Ralph Nader would bring to the presidential debates? Is this finally the time that the American public insist to place consumer advocate, presidential candidate, Mr Ralph Nader on the debate agenda with the two parties obviously at a loss for what to do next? At least a third voice to help the general public understand what the real issues are and what the non-issues are becoming? There is a growing collective lump in many citizens' throat. Let's give Mr Nader a forum to tussle with Mr McCain and Mr Obama.

[Kwaayesnama]

Poor Ralph Nader!
It"s unfortunate that he crawls from under a rock every four years.
Where is he for the other 47 months?
Years ago I was young and foolish and worked on one of his campaigns.
I became disillusioned with the most massive ego that I have ever witnessed.
If he truly cared about this country he would run for a lower political office such as congress or the senate and work for change in the system. But then that would require working with mare mortals " not in his playbook!
Just think what would happen in this country if a miracle would happen and he was the last one standing.
What a terrifying thought!

[SimonCowart]

I am in Georgia and would love to blog for the Huffington Post off the bus. I like your first commenter feel like Georgia will be far closer than polls show and have volunteered on the ground and seen it happening.

I read this blog all day anyway, might as well be writing.

Simon

[BadMisterKitty]

I live in central GA, between Atlanta and Macon. Some polls suggest that GA will definitely go Republican. I think it will be closer than polls show. There is a need to register more voters. I have some time and open to suggestions of how I may help.

[Diogenis]

Well, with GA going Republican..."frankly, I don't give a damn"!

[rdipent]

Forgot to mention I am in NH and would be glad to sigh on.

[rdipent]

Obama should announce he is leaving the campaign trail at the debate on Friday to join the Senate to help solve this bailout mess. Let's see what McBush does to respond.

[curiousasheck]

Whats the salary?

[Mattjoe]

I am in southern Ontario, Canada, but I can see the U.S. from here on a clear day.

Therefore, I have a firm grasp of your diverse yet insular cultures, interventionist foreign policy habits and voting tendencies.

Can I help?

[oldrwizr]

Yes! Send Canadian dollars!

[Diogenis]

Will write but only accept gold coins.

[shellyamber]

Oklahoma here. I am trying to organize some people to help the elderly, disabled and under-priviledged get to their voting stations. That is something anyone can do. Give someone the tools they need to get to vote.

[torrrep]

Hmmm. Funny. When Republicans did the same thing in 2004, Democrats slashed their tires. What are you plans this year?

[Cherlesq]

Oh bull crap. Prove it.

[ZenBastard]

Austin, Tx in the house.