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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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June 2008
- With GOP Adrift, McCain Does Left-Right Shimmy
  
  Washington Post | Jun 17, 08 10:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain seems to be doing a sidestep between left and right while Barack Obama waltzes toward the center, Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post . On issues like energy policy, the GOP candidate lurches between riling the right and enraging greenies. Apparently feeling nostalgic, Milbank writes, "McCain's route has had more turns than a Macarena." More »
- To Court Blue-Collar Vote, Light Up
  
  New York Times | Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could help worse-off voters see him as one of their own. More »
- How Fair Is the 'Third Term' Jab?
  
  New York Times | Jun 17, 08 9:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With President Bush posting record disapproval ratings, Democrats have gleefully dubbed a John McCain presidency a "third Bush term." The claim is at least partially justified, reports the New York Times in an analysis of the "McBush" charge—McCain agrees with Bush on taxation, health care, the war, abortion, and judicial appointments. But they diverge on questions of the environment, diplomacy, and nuclear proliferation—which the McCain campaign is playing up. More »
- Gore: 'We Need Change'
  
  Detroit Free Press | Jun 17, 08 5:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama for president at a Detroit rally last night, saying the 2008 election “matters more than ever before,” the Detroit Free Press reports. “After 8 years of lost jobs, we need change,” the former Democratic nominee said. “After 8 years of the worst, most serious foreign policy mistakes, we need change.” More »
- Blogger on Trail Scoops MSM
  
  New Yorker | Jun 16, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Two of the biggest recent campaign scoops—Barack Obama's "bitter" bomb and Bill Clinton's "scumbag" tirade—originated not with the mainstream media but with a 61-year-old Oakland resident who blogs for the Huffington Post. The New Yorker visits with Mayhill Fowler, who ruminates about her exclusives and expresses a few regrets. More »
- Gore Endorses Obama
  
  ABC News | Jun 16, 08 4:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore will endorse Barack Obama for president tonight at a rally in Detroit, ABC News reports. "From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States," Gore said of Obama in an email to supporters. Obama has talked openly of inviting Gore to serve in an administration. More »
- Anti-Obama Evangelical Writes Pro-Obama Book
  
  Politico | Jun 16, 08 4:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Stephen Mansfield expects to cast his ballot against Barack Obama in November. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing an admiring book about the candidate's religious profile— The Faith of Barack Obama —which argues that the candidate may well steal young evangelical voters away from John McCain. McCain is “clumsy when it comes to religion,” Mansfield tells Politico, in stark contrast to Obama’s “fluency” in the language of Christianity. More »
- Look Well Beyond Nov. in Picking Your Running Mate
  
  New Republic | Jun 16, 08 3:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s a myth that running mates put a ticket over the top, former Bush speechwriter David Frum writes in the New Republic —so John McCain might as well just look to the future of the Republican Party. "Keep in mind that, when you choose, you may well be choosing a future leader of the party," Frum pleads, "a leader whose impact could well equal or exceed your own." More »
- Johansson-Obama Link Is a Family Tie
  
  New York Post | Jun 16, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Scarlett Johansson's well-publicized e-correspondence with Barack Obama—“how can he return these personal e-mails,” she exclaimed—isn't all that mysterious, the New York Post reports. The actress’ twin brother, Hunter, works for Obama. He was community liaison for the Manhattan borough president until last week, when he took a full-time job with the presumptive Democratic nominee. More »
- Obama Pokes Mac on Sexist Texan Bundler
  
  Politico | Jun 16, 08 12:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign isn’t missing a beat, Politico notes, on publicizing John McCain’s dealings with a man who once said of rape, “As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it.” Said an Obama rep of accepting $300,000 from Clayton Williams, “That’s an interesting stand to take as they ramp up their efforts to win over women voters.” More »
- A Vote for the Obama-Clinton 'Unity Ticket' ...
  
  Salon | Jun 16, 08 12:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The logic for Hillary Clinton as Barack Obama's running mate is simple, writes Ed Kilgore for Salon: "Obama doesn't have any obvious alternative option that will please everyone, much less provide the political payoff of an Obama-Clinton ticket.” Kilgore notes that rank-and-file Democrats support the pairing and refutes a laundry list of anti-Clinton arguments. More »
- ... and a Vote for Sticking With the Message of Change
  
  Salon | Jun 16, 08 12:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has a plethora of reasons to reject Hillary Clinton as his running mate, Thomas Schaller writes in Salon, but the most important is consistency: "Obama's decision to cast himself as a fresh alternative to both the Bushes and the Clintons is reason enough for him to choose somebody other than Hillary." Schaller lays out four anti-Clinton arguments and concludes by urging Obama to move quickly. More »
- Obama's Electoral Math: Win Without Ohio, Fla.
  
  Associated Press | Jun 16, 08 11:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is hardly giving up on Florida and Ohio, but campaign manager David Plouffe thinks the Democrat can win without them. “You have a lot of ways to get to 270,” Plouffe says. “Our goal is not to be reliant on one state on Nov. 4.” Plouffe envisions a redrawn electoral map, where Virginia, Georgia, and several Western states could turn blue. More »
- McCain's Web Connection Slow to Load
  
  Politico | Jun 16, 08 11:16 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama, 46, is a known BlackBerry addict; John McCain, 71, has admitted he's a computer "illiterate." Needless to say, there’s a gulf between their online campaign operations. “It’s the difference between a horse and buggy and a NASA space ship,” one analyst tells Politico. Whereas Obama’s site embraces a Web 2.0 approach, McCain “is still a command-and-control, top-down candidate.” More »