US Presidential Election 2008: Election Blog

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

Published: May 29, 2008

Democrats Are Advised to Seat Half of 2 States’ Delegations (NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/us/politics/28cnd-politics.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Published: May 28, 2008

Two Candidates, Two Endgames (NYT)

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/two-candidates-two-endgames/

Published: May 27, 2008

On the Trail, One Aide Looms Over Obama (NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/us/politics/27reggie.html?ref=politics

If someone is interested to know how it feels to participate in a (Republican) caucus, I can recommend the following link: http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2008/02/08/my-first-caucus-the-tale-of-the-reluctant-delegate

Check out the following article in the New York Times, "How Mc Cain lost in Pennsylvania" by Frank Rich (April 27, 2008". I hadn't realized that 28% of Republicans voted against Mc Cain in the primary, even though the other candidates have dropped out of the race. So, the Democratic Party isn't the only party in trouble...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/opinion/27rich.html?_r=1&sq=frank%20rich&st=nyt&oref=slogin&scp=2&pagewanted=print