2008 US presidential race
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[edit] Overview
This page is for information about the race (i.e. the candidates and their stands on various issues) for the upcoming 2008 US presidential election, which is bound to be a watershed event whichever way it goes.[edit] Related Pages
This page is written from a standpoint of assuming that the voting process will proceed properly and democratically; for details and concerns about the actual voting, see 2008 US presidential election.
[edit] Status
[edit] The Party Nominees
2008-08-30
- Democratic nominee: Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden
- Republican nominee: John McCain, VP Sarah Palin
[edit] The Numbers
- pollster.com: who's more popular, day-by-day
- InTrade: a prediction marketplace currently focusing on the election
[edit] History
Early candidates included:
- Barack Obama (D)
- Chris Dodd (D)
- Dennis Kucinich (D)
- Hillary Clinton (D): hated by Republicans, despite being rather like them in some ways; David Brin says "No senators!" (but ultimately backed Senator Obama)
- Joe Biden (D)
- John Edwards: conceded the race to Obama, and then was caught in a sex scandal a few weeks later
- John McCain launched presidential campaign on 2006-04-25; has pledged to continue Bush's idiotic/failed policies
- Mike Huckabee (R): insane Christo-fascist
- Mitt Romney (R)
- Ron Paul (R) - former Libertarian, heavily supportive of the US Constitution
- Rudy Giuliani (R), ran on a 9/11-Terror platform
[edit] Links
[edit] Reference
- SourceWatch (U.S. presidential election, 2008)
- Wikipedia (United States presidential election, 2008)
- Campaigns Wikia (United States presidential election, 2008)
- RationalWiki (2008 U.S. Presidential Election)
- table of issues x positions
- Pick Your Candidate: lets you pick your position on about 20 issues, then shows you a list of candidates ranked by how closely their stated views agree with yours
- statistics from the above survey
- Pennsylvania (relevant to the kerfuffle over Obama's remarks on PA rural voters):
- Pennsylvania Polls: Democratic Primary (article dated 2008-04-03, but seems to be continuously updated)
[edit] Filed Links
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- 2008-11-08 :more:talk: Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama § “Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.” more...
- 2008-10-25 :more:talk: the huge ethics scandal on the backburner § “It's vaguely surreal that in the midst of a competitive presidential campaign, one of the candidates for national office is embroiled in a major ethics scandal, and the political world is largely ignoring it.” more...
- 2008-10-22 :more:talk: Anger, Fear, and Racism Follow Palin Rally § John McCain supporters echo the theory that the US could be "taken over from within", i.e. the "Manchurian Candidate" scenario, but with Barack Obama in the title role. more...
- 2008-10-21 :more:talk: In the endgame, metrics adding up for Obama § “...as long as the economy is the focal point, it's difficult to see how this gets any better for Republicans up or down the ballot.” more...
- 2008-10-19 :more:talk: Powell's endorsement § “This is the most important, most profound, mo[st] powerfully argued 7 minutes of this campaign.” more...
- 2008-10-15 :more:talk: Palin's delusions worsen § “An independent investigation concluded that Palin violated state ethics, abused the powers of her office, and lied about it. .. It was odd, then, to hear Palin tell reporters on Saturday that she's "very very pleased to be cleared..."” more...
- 2008-10-15 :more:talk: All 2008 US Nobel Laureates in Science Endorse Obama! § “With one voice, 65 of the nation's greatest minds, the largest number of Nobel Laureates to ever endorse a political candidate for office, have encouraged the American public to vote Obama on November 4th.” more...
- 2008-10-13 :more:talk: Misconceptions of Obama fuel Republican campaign - 13 Oct 08 § Republican supporters at a Palin rally in Ohio believe that black people will "take over" if Obama is elected, and that he thinks white people are trash. more...
- 2008-10-08 :more:talk: The McCain-Palin Mob § McCain-Palin rally attendees in Strongsville, Ohio are asked if they believe Barack Obama is a terrorist. more...
- 2008-09-02 :more:talk: And Then There Was One § “With his choice of Sarah Palin ..., John McCain has completed his makeover from the greenest Republican to run for president to just another representative of big oil.” more...
- 2008-08-01 :more:talk: Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win § “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power [[2008 US presidential election|in No more...
- 2008-07-10 :more:talk: The Week That Should Have Ended McCain's Presidential Hopes § “During this past week: McCain called the most important entitlement program in the U.S. a disgrace, ...,released an economic plan that no one thought was serious, ...flip flopped on Iraq, joked about the deaths of Iranian citizens, and denied making comments that he clearly made -- TWICE. Yet watching and reading the mainstream press you would think McCain was having a pretty decent political week...” more...
- 2008-07-07 :more:talk: Self-Swiftboating § “Is the impression [given by] this bobbing and weaving [..] a misimpression? Or are we seeing, as the pundits are now beginning to chant, the true face of Obama? ... It is more...
- 2008-07-05_Obama's_America_blesses_God
- 2008-07-01_Prepared_Remarks_of_Senator_Barack_Obama
- 2008-07-01_Obama_on_pride_--_and_dissent_--_in_America
- 2008-06-28_Bob_Barr_is_making_Republicans_nervous
- 2008-06-22_focus
- 2008-06-20_The_Two_Obamas
- 2008-06-17_List_Of_Democrats_And_Indys_Backing_McCain_Is_A_Bit_Of_A_Sham
- 2008-06-15 :more:talk: Williams Calls Hume and Kristol "Out Of Touch" For Saying McCain's Tax Plan Will Help Working Americans § “Earlier this week, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released a paper showing that Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) tax plan "offers three times the break for middle class families" than the proposals of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), which "would steer the bulk of the benefits to the wealthiest families." On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol called the report "good for McCain"...” more...
- 2008-06-15_Obama_Seen_Beating_McCain_in_Web_War
- 2008-06-15_McCain_tries_to_play_Dems_for_fools_(again)
- 2008-06-13_Hold_on!_Ron_Paul_did_NOT_quit_the_GOP_presidential_race
- 2008-06-11_Christian_Leaders_Meet_Obama_Privately
- 2008-06-09_Obama:_Give_economy_$50_billion_boost
- 2008-06-08_McCain's_Policies_Would_"Absolutely"_Be_An_Extension_Of_Bush's
- 2008-06-06_The_value_of_experience
- 2008-05-26_Poor_whites_are_being_conned
- 2008-05-23_It's_Two-for-One-Day_in_the_Rejecting_Rabid_Reverends_Department
- 2008-05-19_Obama's_Iraq_challenge:_debate_me
- 2008-05-19_Not_a_Happy_Party
- 2008-05-18 :more:talk: I knew JFK, says Gore Vidal, and believe me Obama’s the better leader § ““I never believed in Jack’s charisma,†Vidal says shortly. JFK, he believes, was “one of our worst presidentsâ€; [[Robert F. Ken more...
- 2008-05-18_Doug_Kmiec_on_'The_Politics_of_Apostasy'
- 2008-05-14_McCain_on_climate_change:_Bush_league
- 2008-05-12_President_Apostate
- 2008-05-09_Barack_Obama_wants_to_be_president_of_these_57_United_States
- 2008-04-15_Obama_Outraises_Clinton_Among_Small_Town_Pennsylvanians
- 2008-04-14_What_Obama_Really_Said_About_Pennsylvania
- 2008-04-11_On_V.P_And_Foreign_Policy,_Courting_the_Working_Class,_and_Hard-Pressed_Pennsylvanians
- 2008-04-11_Barack_Obama_tells_it_like_it_is
- 2008-04-10_A_Silver_Lining_In_the_Blue_Battle
- 2008-03-31_The_Speech_Lefties_Will_Love_to_Hate
- 2008-03-31_Some_Republicans_Emerge_To_Endorse_Obama
- 2008-03-31_Shades_of_Gray
- 2008-03-31_Obama_had_greater_role_on_liberal_survey
- 2008-03-29_The_Chickens_of_Identity_Politics_Come_Home_to_Roost
- 2008-03-28_Deeper_and_Deeper
- 2008-03-24_The_conservative_case_for_Barack_Obama
- 2008-03-21_Anchor_Walks_Off_Set,_Wallace_Rails_Network_For_Obama-Bashing
- 2008-03-18_A_More_Perfect_Union
- 2008-03-14_John_McCain_Supports_Barack_Obama_on_Reverend_Wright_Issue
- 2008-02-21_For_McCain,_Self-Confidence_on_Ethics_Poses_Its_Own_Risk
- 2008-02-10_Nobel_winner_Lessing:_Obama_would_be_killed_if_elected
- 2008-02-08_The_Madness_of_John_McCain
- 2008-02-07_Fox_Begins_to_Warm_to_John_McCain
- 2008-02-07_Can_John_McCain_Be_Stopped
- 2008-02-06_John_McCain_to_Rush_Limbaugh:_Calm_Down,_Reach_Across_Aisle
- 2008-02-01_Coulter:_I_Will_Vote_for_Hillary_Over_McCain
- 2008-01-31_Republicans_make_Fox_News_sick
- 2008-01-29_Our_Tech_President_Endorsements:_Barack_Obama_and_John_McCain
- 2008-01-28_U.S._Cash_Diplomacy_in_Iraq_Will_Fail_in_the_End
- 2008-01-28_Politics
- 2008-01-04_If_Clinton_wins,_would_Justice_Clinton_be_far_behind
- 2007-12-28_Time_for_the_Anti-Paul_Crowd_to_Offer_Alternatives
- 2007-12-28_Hillary_Clinton_and_Ron_Paul_winning_big_on_AOL_straw_poll
- 2007-12-24_HuckaBomb_Mis-fires
- 2007-12-18_Religious_Right_Plots_Strategy_For_2008
- 2007-12-11_Liberal_views_could_haunt_Obama
- 2007-01-22_Hillary_Clinton_Drops_Madrassa_Bomb_on_Barack_Obama
- 2007-01-19_Obama_Smeared_As_Former_‘Madrassa’_Student
[edit] Articles
- (no date) A Letter to My Republican Father
- 2007-07-27 What Are the Democratic Candidates Really Saying about Iraq? by Ira Chernus: how to decipher the doublespeak (related: US invasion of Iraq)
[edit] News
- 2007-10-14 Groups on left, right ask candidates to reject Bush's wider powers: "President Bush's drive to expand executive power over surveillance, detention, interrogation and the meaning of new laws has drawn largely ineffectual protests from Congress. But a group of liberals and a handful of prominent conservatives are pressing would-be successors to renounce those powers before they take office."
- 2007-06-05 GOP Candidates Weigh in on Scooter Libby Pardon (Related: 2007-07-02 Libby bail-out)
[edit] Humor
- 2007-07-14 I Drew This looks at the 4 main GOP candidates
[edit] joke candidates
- Michael Palin for President: the Palin we really wanted (instead of Sarah)
- Tigh-Roslin (running on the Battlestar Galactica platform)
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Goldwater-Miller '08: the granddaughter and daughter of Barry Goldwater and Bill Miller make the point that George W. Bush's Republican Party is not truly conservative
[edit] Quotes
| A rather telling quote, assuming it is genuine, from a comment on this article (with proofreading corrections): |
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As a Persian-Armenian woman, I am voting for Sen. Clinton. Me & my family voted for her 2 times & we will vote again & again. She has the brain, intelligence & experience to run this country. She will be ready to from the 1st day. She will work on stem cell [research], she will fix the budget. Remember President Clinton's era? He fixed the budget & left with a surplus; what was wrong with that? His personal lifestyle is not my business and it didn't affect me a bit. He will be an asset in the White House; he was one of the smartest presidents in past 30 years that I know of (living in this country). Obama is not up to par for this position yet, maybe in 12 years when he gets some experience. As for as republicans, I respect John McCain as a war hero, but I can not see all the hard tax payers' money get wasted in Iraq, I can not see us there for another 100 years. We will probably fix Iraq & then they will turn around and charge us $300 for oil. Romney? You must be kidding me. He wants to run this country as a corporation. I have worked with big corporations, and with them everything is money; they don't care about the employees & it is my way or the highway – similar to Bush's way. They can cheat us big time. Huckabee is a joke, he wants to abolish the constitution & create a religious base of laws, if I wanted that , I would have stayed in IRAN. Religion cannot be mixed with the current laws. We are living in year 2008, we have laws; we are not living in the 10th century were there were no laws. Religion can not play a role in this country. If it does, then what will be different between us & the religious idiots running Iran? Go Hillary! |

