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Election 2008

Competition is hot for the highest office in the land. Will it be Barack Obama or John McCain? Just so long as it isn't George...

The most diverse crowd of presidential hopefuls ever hit the campaign trail for 2008. On the left, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton geared up for a close race; John Edwards rounded out the top three on the Democratic side, with Al Gore playing the role of potential spoiler. Months later, the charismatic-but-inexperienced junior senator emerged as the delegate winner. Meanwhile, on the right, the Reaganites held out hope for a definitive Fred Thompson run. Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani became early favorites, only to bow out, with the others, in favor of John McCain.

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January 2008
- McCain Grabs Frontrunner Crown With Florida Win
  
  Real Clear Politics | Jan 30, 08 4:27 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - GOP hopeful John McCain won in Florida last night by pulling together the same coalition that worked for him in New Hampshire and South Carolina: moderates, voters concerned about the economy, and those most disenchanted with Bush. Romney campaigned on "fixing Washington" but McCain is the candidate with a long history of being the anti-Bush "maverick," writes Real Clear Politics. What's impressive is that he did so in a closed Republican primary—with no input from McCain-loving independents. More »
- Clinton's Numbers Spell Trouble
  
  Nation | Jan 30, 08 3:58 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton took half the Democratic vote in Florida's primary but the numbers should still give her as much to worry about as to celebrate, writes the Nation . She took only a quarter of the black vote and came behind John Edwards in some rural counties—an ominous sign ahead of Super Tuesday, when many states with large numbers of rural Democrats will vote. More »
- McCain Edges Romney in Florida
  
  Politico | Jan 29, 08 9:28 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain scored a hard-fought victory over Mitt Romney in Florida tonight to establish himself as the Republican front-runner a week ahead of Super Tuesday, Politico reports. McCain got 36% of the vote to Romney's 31%. Rudy Giuliani, who staked his campaign on a win here, managed just 15% and will reportedly drop out. Mike Huckabee had 13%. More »
- Rudy Will Drop Out, Endorse McCain
  
  MSNBC | Jan 29, 08 9:06 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Rudy Giuliani will drop out of the presidential race in the wake of his weak third-place finish in Florida and endorse John McCain tomorrow, NBC News reports. Giuliani is expected to fly to the Ronald Reagan library in California to make the announcement. "We ran a campaign that was uplifting," a dejected Giuliani told supporters. Asked later whether he was dropping out, he responded only, "I'm going to California." More »
- Clinton Wins Fla.; No Delegates
  
  Associated Press | Jan 29, 08 7:59 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Florida tonight, but she'll have no delegates to show for it, the AP reports. None of the Democrats campaigned here because the national party stripped the state of convention delegates—a punishment for moving up its primary without permission. Still, 1.5 million Democrats voted, with Clinton getting 50%, Obama 33%, and Edwards 14%. More »
- Romney Lets Guard Down, Boosts Appeal
  
  Time | Jan 29, 08 5:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney's inner nerd is showing, and allowing voters to see it may make him seem likable enough to get elected, Time reports. The candidate's conservative attack dog persona flooded airwaves for months but didn't play well outside of Michigan; now, the tired candidate is letting his dweeby, number-crunching, spreadsheet-loving self out. More »
- Clinton Plans Fla. Visit, Denies She's Campaigning
  
  Washington Post | Jan 29, 08 4:39 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton will make her first official campaign appearance in Florida tonight just as primary voting ends, honoring the letter if not the spirit of the Democrats' pledge not to campaign in states that leapfrogged Super Tuesday without party permission. Barack Obama's campaign called the projected winner's timing "too cute by half," the Washington Post reports. More »
- Three Biggest Myths of Election 2008
  
  Der Spiegel | Jan 29, 08 1:42 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The riveting US election is beholden to three big story lines, each of which is a myth, writes Der Spiegel ’s Gabor Steingart: Washington is broken, lobbyists have too much influence, and partisanship is evil. Candidates keep rehearsing those popular lines—and insisting they have the best bead on change—but none passes the laugh test. More »
- Candidates Court Fla.'s Senior Power Brokers
  
  Politico | Jan 29, 08 1:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The road to the GOP nomination may pass through The Villages, a retirement community outside Orlando with an upper-crust, Republican-heavy population. “If you don’t get your condos to the polls, you don’t win,” a professor says of the 350 retirement communities in Florida, where 40% of voters are over 65, Politico reports. And The Villages, pop. 65,000, holds special sway. More »
- Why Kennedys Tapped Obama
  
  Time | Jan 29, 08 11:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Why did three members of the Kennedy clan anoint Barack Obama as the heir to Camelot and Democratic standard-bearer? In interviews with Time , Ted and Caroline Kennedy both point to the Illinois senator as uniquely capable of overcoming factionalism and uniting the country. As for the timing— before Super Tuesday—Ted Kennedy said, "It was sort of a growing process about the inevitability of Barack Obama." More »
- 3rd Place Would Finish Rudy
  
  Dallas Morning News | Jan 29, 08 11:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A poor showing in today's Florida primary could scuttle Rudy Giuliani’s campaign, his chairman admitted yesterday. "If he is second or first, he certainly has momentum. But if he finishes third, it's going to be hard to get momentum,” Houston lawyer Pat Oxford told the Dallas Morning News . Giuliani is touting himself as an odds-defying guy, but he's far behind John McCain and Mitt Romney in polls. More »
- Obama Snubs Clinton at State of the Union
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jan 29, 08 8:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Forget President Bush's last hurrah, it was Barack Obama’s snub of Hillary Clinton that had the press box chattering last night, reports the Chicago Tribune. After greeting seemingly the entire room, including the Supreme Court and the Joint Chiefs, Obama was standing by his seat next to Ted Kennedy when Hillary Clinton leaned over to shake Kennedy's hand. Kennedy—despite his Obama endorsement earlier in the day—responded warmly. Obama watched icily, then turned and stepped away. More »
- McCain Surges Ahead in California
  
  CNN | Jan 29, 08 5:13 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has leaped ahead of GOP rival Mitt Romney in California, according to the latest CNN/OpinionResearch Corp. McCain has the support of 39% of likely California Republican voters, up 19% from just two weeks ago, and well ahead of Romney, with 26%. Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee bring up the rear, with 13% and 11%, respectively. More »
- Key Dems May Have Had Enough
  
  New Republic | Jan 28, 08 9:34 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As Hillary Clinton loses Democratic stalwarts like Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and now Ted Kennedy, the New Republic looks at Democratic power brokers who have had enough of the Clinton brand and many who dismiss the former first couple as power-hungry and legacy-obsessed. Although it’s not obvious outside Washington, the Clintons have dominated Democratic politics since the '90s. More »
- Edwards' New Plan: Outlast 'Celebrity Candidates'
  
  Chicago Tribune | Jan 28, 08 9:10 PM CST