Behind the Headlines

By Charles Slat
Don Gonyea is a Monroe native and Washington correspondent for National Public Radio.
His reports have been heard almost daily on the public broadcasting network and he’ll soon be with the Obama campaign as it wends its way to the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
But there may be a homecoming in it for him.
He told The Evening News Wednesday that the campaign will be concentrating on swing states between now and the election. Michigan is a swing state, of course, and Mr. Gonyea predicts a few visits by the Obama campaign.
“Maybe he’ll give a speech by the Custer statute in Monroe,” Mr. Gonyea joked. “Can you see 75,000 people in St. Mary’s Park?”
We’ll try to catch up with Mr. Gonyea between now and Election Day to get the perspectives of a hometown boy who might soon be reporting closer to home.