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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\u2019ll ask traveling campaign reporters to share with us the secret weapons that help them do their job.\n\n _\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nJon Swaine, Washington correspondent, The Daily Telegraph:\n\n&amp;quot;Probably the only thing worse than a foreign reporter trampling all over your swing state asking about your politics in a Downton Abbey accent is a foreign reporter trampling all over your swing state and asking about your politics in a Downton Abbey accent with prissy dietary restrictions. For the past six or so years, I have not been able to eat gluten, which as it turns out is a fairly key ingredient of ...everything you eat in this country. Bread, pasta, cake, and biscuits [Eds. note: cookies] are out. It\u2019s a shame, because the food in America tends to be so much better than in Britain. So, rather than face the humiliation of asking after the gluten-free credentials of heartland diners, I carry a few of these bars in my bag. They\u2019ve saved me more than once.&amp;quot;\n\nRead more on Death Race 2012:\n\n[Trail Gear: Evan McMorris-Santoro\u2019s Cheap Suit\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/09/trail-gear-evan-mcmorris-santoros-cheap-suit.html)\n\nTrail Gear: Lynn Sweet\u2019s Dry Bag\n\nTrail Gear: Felicia Sonmez\u2019s Mary Poppins Bag\n\n[A Brief History of Mitt Romney, Total Cheapskate\n\n](http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/09/gordon-clay-a-teenager-looking.html)\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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