1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (TV program) Wolffe, and Pat Buchanan had appeared on a frequent basis. "Race for the White House" and "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" aired nightly at 6 PM Eastern on MSNBC. The show began airing on March 17, 2008, as Race for the White House with a focus on the 2008 Presidential election campaign. "Race for the White House" was simulcast on Air America Radio (whose regular 6 PM host, Rachel Maddow, is a panelist on the show). During Democrats and Republican Convention weeks, Gregory hosted convention coverage broadcasting from Denver (DNC, week of August 27) and Saint Paul (RNC, week of September 1).
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site Pennsylvania Avenue saw its first electric streelights give light on October 14, 1881. A small number of additional lights north of the avenue along 10th Street NW were lit later that month. The southern part of the Pennsylvania Avenue district was flooded many times in the last three decades of the 19th century. Major floods occurred in October 1870 (during which Chain Bridge was destroyed), February 1881, November 1887, and June 1889 (the same storm which caused the Johnstown Flood). Floodwaters were high enough that rowboats were used on the avenue, and horse-drawn streetcars saw water reach the bottom of