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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
- McCain 'Insider' Who Leaked Palin Dirt a Fake
  
  New York Times | Nov 13, 08 9:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - MSNBC thought it had a scoop: On Monday, it identified "Martin Eisenstadt, a McCain policy adviser" as the man who claimed Sarah Palin didn't know Africa was a continent. Only trouble? Martin Eisenstadt doesn't exist—he's a character in an elaborate, months-long hoax that has taken in news organizations from the New Republic to the LA Times , the New York Times reports. More »
- GOP Could Face a Decade of Oblivion
  
  New York Times | Nov 13, 08 8:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - What happens when a party gets the thumping that the Republicans endured in 2006 and 2008? If their British cousins are anything to go by, says Jonathan Freeland, "the first response to electoral disaster is denial." Writing in the New York Times , the Guardian columnist analyzes the Tories' decade in the wilderness after Tony Blair's victory, and what clues it holds for the GOP. More »
- Begich Leads Stevens by 814 Votes in Alaska
  
  FiveThirtyEight.com | Nov 12, 08 9:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Democrat Mark Begich has taken the lead—by 814 votes—over Ted Stevens in the race for the Senate in Alaska, reports FiveThirtyEight.com. With about 40,000 absentee votes still to be counted, Begich leads 132,196 to 131,382. When the day began, Begich trailed by more than 3,000 votes. "Given where we expect the remaining votes are located, this looks very good for Begich," writes Sean Quinn of FiveThirtyEight. More »
- Pelosi Among Most Powerful of Speakers
  
  Politico | Nov 12, 08 3:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Nancy Pelosi may wield her influence behind the scenes, but she is the most powerful woman in the history of US politics, Politico reports, and with recent Democratic gains in Congress, she's poised to have power few other speakers could match. Though she’s nice about it, “whatever Nancy wants, Nancy gets,” a lawmaker said. More »
- Newsweek Searches for Obama Mamas
  
  Gawker | Nov 12, 08 11:43 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Did you find yourself roused to more than tears of joy at Barack Obama's historic victory Election Night? If so, Newsweek wants you. One of the mag’s reporters submitted a query to Help A Reporter Out, reports Gawker, looking for sources who “made love in the name of Obama” to share their titillating tale for "a funny piece about the potential for an Obama baby boom." More »
- Palin Refuses to Give Up Post-Election Spotlight
  
  New York Times | Nov 12, 08 3:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Palin is upending protocol with a barrage of post-election interviews, Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times . The Alaska governor may be seeking to repair her image after a brutal campaign, and to get the ball rolling now for a White House run, Stanley speculates. She's continuing to display the same candor and presumption that ticked off John McCain's aides. More »
- McCain to Leno: Don't Blame Palin
  
  Politico | Nov 11, 08 9:17 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain poked fun at himself and his campaign on Jay Leno tonight but refused to place blame for his loss on Sarah Palin or the media, Politico reports. "The one thing I think Americans don't want is a sore loser," said McCain. "I'm a fighter. I knew I had a headwind. I can read the polls. They tried to keep them away from me. But I knew we had a real headwind." More »
- And Don't Let the Door Hit You ...
  
  American Prospect | Nov 11, 08 7:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - George W. Bush will soon no longer be president, and “it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the multifaceted burden that will soon be lifted from our collective shoulders,” Paul Waldman writes in the American Prospect , taking more than a few minutes to catalog the low points of 43's legacy. With the spectacular achievement of Barack Obama, it’s easy to pass over the spectacular failure of Bush. “Goodbye,” Waldman writes, “to the culture of incompetence.” More »
- McCain Will Campaign for Chambliss in Ga. Runoff
  
  Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Nov 11, 08 4:34 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - John McCain will stump for Saxby Chambliss this week as the Republican Senator drums up support for a Dec. 2 runoff vote against Democrat Jim Martin, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Chambliss has also secured Mike Huckabee to campaign for him in Georgia. Martin, meanwhile, has pleaded with President-elect Barack Obama to stump in the key contest, but no word yet. More »
- Media May Need Rahm-to-English Dictionary
  
  Politico | Nov 11, 08 4:07 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Now that Rahm Emanuel is back in the spotlight, political junkies can look forward to more of his malapropisms, Politico reports. Emanuel is affectionately remembered from his first White House stint as an inveterate phrase-mangler. When the President-elect’s chief of staff appeared on Face the Nation on Sunday, he talked of “crises you can no longer afford to kick down the can.” More »
- Robbins, Officials Still Sparring Over Voting Snafu
  
  New York Daily News | Nov 11, 08 1:50 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Actor and political activist Tim Robbins, who filed a court order to vote after his name wasn’t in the poll books on Election Day, may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. The election commissioner now claims Robbins filed a change-of-address form when he moved in 2004, reports the New York Daily News —and might have known about his new polling place had he bothered to vote since. More »
- Old Guard Will Win Battle for GOP
  
  New York Times | Nov 11, 08 9:30 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A battle between reformers and traditionalists for the soul of the GOP lies in the party's immediate future, David Brooks writes in the New York Times —and the reformers don't stand a chance. The conservative old guard, with Rush Limbaugh as its loudest mouthpiece and Sarah Palin as its heroine, has a lock on Republican institutions that it will take more losses to loosen, Brooks writes. More »
- Dems Leave the South Behind
  
  New York Times | Nov 11, 08 8:01 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Remember when the only winning Democrats were Southerners? Dixie’s desertion of the Democrats made Republicans the dominant party, and only when Democrats stole back part of the pivotal region could they win. Well, writes Adam Nossiter in the New York Times , the South is pivotal no longer. While running up his big total nationwide, Barack Obama actually lost ground in the white South, most likely because of race. More »
- Conservatism Dead by Its Own Hand: O'Rourke
  
  Weekly Standard | Nov 10, 08 6:05 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Modern conservatism is dead, and conservatives are to blame, PJ O’Rourke writes for the Weekly Standard . “Anyone who is still on the left is obviously insane and not responsible for his or her actions,” he contends. “No, we on the right did it.” Ideal after conservative ideal has been ill-served more or less since Reagan. “We neglected to convey the organic and universal nature of freedom.” More »
- How Obama Won