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"Buses. Weather. Breaking news. Buses again. It can be grueling to be political road warrior\u2014or so it looks to us. Each week this fall, we'll ask traveling campaign reporters to share with us the secret weapons that help them do their job.\n\nFacebookPinterestevancmorrissantoro635.png\n\nEvan McMorris-Santoro, reporter, Talking Points Memo (featured above in cheap suit):\n\n\"I'm not sure if GQ is actually allowed to print this sentence, but every time I get on a plane, at least one of Jos. A Bank's finest is packed in my bag. I learned a long time ago that people are more comfortable talking on the record if I'm wearing a tie, and a suit tends to make it easier to get through doors I'm not supposed to go through on the trail. On the other hand, you want something you don't care if you sweat through/rip on a hotel room door jamb/stab with a pen/sleep in/squirt various drive-thru condiments on. Because all of those things will happen, often in a 24-hour period. That's where the 'cheap' in cheap suit comes in.\"\n\nRead more on Death Race 2012:\n\nTrail Gear: Felicia Sonmez's Mary Poppins Bag\n\nTrail Gear: Lynn Sweet's Dry Bag\n\n[The Big 2012 Profile: Al Sharpton's Got a Brand New Bag\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/09/-this-is-me-and.html)\n\n[Today's Political Firestorm: Mitt Romney Releases 2011 Tax Returns, and That's It\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race#ixzz27N3YCnq0)\n\nFollow Marin Cogan on Twitter for more updates from the political scene in Washington and on the campaign trail."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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