Mayor Tommy Longo
Waveland, Mississippi
 
August 28, 2005, Waveland was the fastest growing community in Mississippi. On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina chose Waveland as ground zero, slamming her with 40 plus feet of tidal surge and battering us with hurricane force winds for more than 12 hours. The result changed lives forever…

Maureen Miller
AC360° Writer
 

Tonight, we have new details on John McCain’s running mate.

Steve Brusk
CNN political desk, senior assignment editor
AC360° contributor
 
For Governor Tim Pawlenty, Friday had to be a surreal morning. At the same time he could have been headed to an Ohio rally be named John McCain’s running mate, he instead was at the Minnesota State Fair talking about pigs and carnies…

John P. Avlon
Author, Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics
 
The secretive selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s vice president is a small masterpiece of tactical and strategic triangulation intended to drive a deeper wedge between Hilary and Obama supporters.

Anthony W. Cannatella, Sr.
Deputy Chief of Operations (ret)
New Orleans Police Department

As I sit here reflecting back on a 41 year career as a New Orleans police officer and the many experiences I have had, my heart always stops on Katrina. Although I have been involved in every type of law enforcement experience imaginable, from shootouts to delivering babies, they all pale in comparison to Hurricane Katrina.

Ted Rowlands
CNN Correspondent
 
About a week after the hurricane, we did a story on 911 operators in Biloxi, Mississippi, who had to tell people calling for help there was nothing that could be done. Listening to a recording of some of those conversations is something I’ll never forget; one call in particular…

David Mattingly
CNN National Correspondent
 
She arrived wearing sunglasses and a windbreaker. She drove herself to the interview location in a black SUV. There was no police escort, driver or entourage. She described herself as a “hockey mom” and certainly looked the part.

Marcus Mabry
Author, Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power
 
Rice has looked presidential since she became Secretary of State in 2001 and traveled around the world. Just google photos of her or go to the State department website.
Whatever one thinks of the president she works for, she is tested. There is nothing like an American presidential rate; Gov. Palin has never seen the kind of intensity she is about the live through

• Veepstakes, swine and carnies
• The Game-Changer
• Meeting Sarah Palin - hockey mom
• Calling Condi Rice

Raw Politics Video:
McCain’s home controversy
Lieberman as McCain’s VP?
AC360: Strategy Session

• What that box on your tax return is really for
• Internet drug sales crackdown
• Justice Department: inside the scandal

• Abduction, accident, or murder.
• Executed… and innocent?
• Have you seen these missing girls?

• Here we go again…
• Music artist ushers in youth vote
• A Woman of Conviction

• Erica’s News Note: The very bad and the very, very good
• Erica’s News Note: Down & Up
• Erica’s News Note: Reduce, reuse, re-think

• Veepstakes, swine and carnies
• Behind the scenes at the CNN Grill
• The CNN Grill’s best ambassador

• Evening Buzz: McCain’s Surprise Pick
• Morning Buzz: The Dems’ pitch, McCain’s VP and Gustav’s threat