US Presidential Election 2008: Podcasts

US Presidential Election, 2008

1. Electoral System and Polls

2. Election Blog

3. Helpful Links

4. Current Issues

4.1. Updated Electoral Map 4.2 US Foreign Policy 4.3 Health Care in the US 4.4 Issues Concerning Race in the US 4.5 US Defense Policy 4.6 Economic Policy 4.7 Science Policy 4.8 Environmental Policy

5. Media Coverage]]

5.1 US Newspapers 5.2 Newspaper Editorials 5.3 News Radio Stations 5.4 TV Stations 5.5 Podcasts 5.6 Ads 5.7 Fact Checking

6. Candidates for President and Vice-President

6.1 The Democratic Party 6.1.2 Democratic Party Candidates 6.1.2.3 Senator Barack Obama 6.1.2.4 Senator Joe Biden 6.2 The GOP 6.2.1 Republican Party Candidates 6.2.1.1 Senator John McCain 6.2.1.2 Alaska Governor Sarah Palin 6.3 Speeches 6.4 Debates and Parodies

7 Miscellaneous

7.1 Additional Political Videos 7.2 Political Satire 7.3 Movies about Elections

Podcasts

You can subscribe to a podcast that reviews the latest news in the presidential election.

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html?8qa&scp=1-spot&sq=podcasts&st=nyt

The website http://www.factcheck.org allows you to check out the rumors and accusations that the candidates are digging up and using against each other. THe website is run by the journalism department at the University of Pennsylvania and is very reliable. You can even download a weekly videocast that covers speeches and ads of the various campaigns.

You can find some parodies with real quotes(speech-bits) of the Daily Show here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/ the global edition is on telly on sundays on Comedy Central 22:30.