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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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November 2008
- Obama: No Exception for Illegal Aunt
  
  Boston Globe | Nov 3, 08 4:23 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - If his aunt is violating immigration laws by living in the US illegally, "those laws have to be obeyed," Barack Obama declared yesterday. Obama made the remark during an interview last night with Katie Couric, during which he also expressed concern for his aunt Zeituni Onyango of Kenya, but said he hasn’t “been able to be in touch with her.” More »
- Candidates Keep Punching
  
  Washington Post | Nov 3, 08 3:11 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Both presidential candidates are bucking tradition and remaining on the offensive in the last days of the election—a time when campaigns usually back off and focus on positive messages, the Washington Post reports. Barack Obama is spinning Dick Cheney’s endorsement of John McCain as a troubling indication of a possible Bush redux, and McCain’s newest robocalls feature Hillary Clinton’s primary season attacks on Obama. More »
- Lord, Please Don't Let Fla. Ruin Things Again
  
  Miami Herald | Nov 2, 08 5:51 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Please don't let us ruin another presidential election, dear Lord. So prays Florida author and columnist Carl Hiaasen, who apologizes to God in advance should the state's voting go awry. "The possibilities are terrifying," he writes in the Miami Herald . "We've got 67 counties, which means 67 chances for shenanigans, careless tabulating or simple machine failure." More »
- What's With Those Undecideds?
  
  New York Times | Nov 2, 08 2:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - After a long campaign season, John McCain and Barack Obama have had ample chance to define themselves in America’s eyes—yet 4% of the country, a recent poll says, remains undecided. The New York Times spoke to a few of these “gray-state” voters to see what was holding them back; they noted good and bad qualities in each candidate, but remained tough to pin down. More »
- He's Not 'Post-Race,' But Barack's Coming to Dinner
  
  New York Times | Nov 2, 08 2:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - If there’s anything that the candidacy of Barack Obama proved, it’s that America isn’t “post-race,” Frank Rich writes in the New York Times . White liberals in politics and the news media trip have gotten him consistently wrong, Rich writes, in trying to compare him with Sidney Poitier’s suave intellectual in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. More »
- Aide: Mac 'Greatest Closer of All Time'
  
  The Hill | Nov 2, 08 1:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told Fox News Sunday that the Republicans will seize Pennsylvania and the Southwestern states for a come-from-behind finish on Tuesday, the Hill reports. “John McCain may be the greatest closer politician of all time,” he said. Other highlights from the talk shows: An anti-Obama statement from Hillary Clinton dating back to the Democratic primary races is now being used in GOP robo-calls, CNN’s Late Edition reports. Clinton says: “Sen. McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, and Sen. Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002,” Politico reports. More »
- GOP Offered $10K to Prove Ayers Authored Obama Book
  
  Times (UK) | Nov 2, 08 1:12 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A Republican congressman and his brother-in-law approached an Oxford philosophy don in an attempt to prove that Barack Obama's autobiography had been ghostwritten by William Ayers, the Times of London reports. Peter Millican says he was offered $10,000 to analyze Obama's Dreams From My Father and Ayers' Fugitive Days for similarities. More »
- Ground Broken, But Not Glass Ceiling
  
  Washington Post | Nov 2, 08 10:48 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - If Barack Obama wins the presidency, we’ll have broken a major barrier—but not the glass ceiling, writes Anne Kornblut in the Washington Post . Hillary Clinton claimed millions of votes and Sarah Palin energized a lackluster conservative base overnight, but as their candidacies descended into chaos, Kornblut asks "whether the first woman's path to the White House was eased this year—or whether Clinton and Palin simply unearthed the land mines without defusing any." More »
- McCain Plays Defense With Red-State Stops
  
  Politico | Nov 2, 08 9:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain’s campaign map for the next few days puts him on the defensive, touring mostly states that President Bush won in 2004, Politico reports. Tomorrow’s schedule puts him in Florida, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Indiana, New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona, all Bush states except the Keystone State. Meanwhile, Barack Obama is also sticking to red states, breaking out of traditional Democratic ground. More »
- Festive Brits Blow Up Palin Effigy
  
  CNN | Nov 2, 08 8:20 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It was all in good fun, insisted a group of Brits yesterday after they exploded an effigy of Sarah Palin, which was packed with firecrackers. The spectacular send-off was the climax of an annual bonfire celebration in the southern town of Battle, which traditionally blows up an effigy of someone famous, usually a politician, reports CNN. "We just felt she was one of the most interesting characters in the American elections," said one diplomatic resident. More »
- Bush-Blitzed Mac Morphed Into Empty Suit
  
  New York Times | Nov 2, 08 7:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has tried to paint Barack Obama as an unknown risk of a candidate—but these days, McCain is the unfamiliar one, Maureen Dowd writes. The Arizona senator used to be “one of the best brands in politics,” a “known and knowable quantity” that was transparent to the press. Now, his campaign has transformed him into a Bushie-backed “question mark,” she notes in the New York Times . More »
- Obama's The Man: Hillary
  
  New York Daily News | Nov 2, 08 5:53 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It’s time to make a clean break from the "disastrous policies" of the past eight years, and the man to “chart a new course” is Barack Obama, writes Hillary Clinton of her one-time rival in a column in the New York Daily News . “We find ourselves in an economic crisis born and bred by the failed policies of Washington Republicans. And the fact is, President Bush has practiced what John McCain has preached," she notes. More »
- McCain Pals With Fey, Skewers Himself on SNL
  
  USA Today | Nov 1, 08 11:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain capped a busy day of campaigning with an appearance on Saturday Night Live , where he teamed with his VP-lookalike, Tina Fey, to poke fun at himself and Barack Obama. In the opening sketch, he and "Palin" hawked wares on QVC because he's a