The night race in Qatar had proved successful, but now it was time for the
MotoGP World Championship to return to its base, Europe, for the Spanish Grand
Prix at Jeréz. Casey Stoner and Ducati had started 2008 as if 2007 had
never ended, but would it continue for them?
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
