US Presidential Election 2008: US Presidents in the Movies

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

This semester you will have the opportunity to watch movies which deal with the office of the presidency or presidential elections.

Some of the movies are serious, some are comedies, and some are documentaries.

If you are interested in watching any of these, please let me know. I can arrange for us to watch them Wed evenings

Head of State (2003)

Slacker Uprising (2008) (Michael Moore's latest film)

Wag the Dog

Primary Colors (1998)

War Made Easy (2007)

American Dreamz (2006)

Man of the Year (2006)

War, Inc (2008)

Other movies:

Jay Roach (dir.), Recount. The Story of the 2000 Presidential Election (2008 Film)