A Few Thoughts for the End of the Week

The predecessor to Political Wire was called Political Insider, a morning briefing on politics published in the run up to the 2000 presidential election.

The technology was quite different then. At 4 a.m. my computer automatically dialed up to get on the internet and ran a program to download and save dozens of news stories. I read these on the commuter train into New York City each morning and compiled them into the daily briefing, (along with contributions from my friend and co-author, Chris Riback.) The site was published when I got into the office and could get back on the internet.