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 poplars. At one time Pennsylvania Avenue provided an unobstructed view between the White House and the Capitol. The construction of an expansion to the Treasury Building blocked this view, and supposedly President Andrew Jackson did this on purpose. Relations between the president and Congress were strained, and Jackson did not want to see the Capitol out his window, though in reality the Treasury Building was simply built on what was cheap government land. In an effort to tame dust and dirt, Pennsylvania Avenue was first paved using the macadam method in 1832, but over the years other pavement methods were