election 2008

2008 saw elections around the world and throughout the year, from Georgia (January 1st) to Bangladesh (December 29th). Many of these elections marked crucial turning points for their constituencies, including a historic election in Nepal which abolished a 239-year-old royal dynasty.

But in the blogosphere, the 2008 election almost exclusively refers to the United States' presidential contest in which the Democratic candidate Barack Obama was the victor.

A historic election on several counts, this event saw the highest voter turnout (approximately 63%) in over 40 years. It was the first time that a woman (Hillary Clinton) and a black man were in direct competition for a party nomination, and the first time in 56 years that neither a sitting President nor Vice-President entered the race. But the most significant factor for many Americans was that Obama became the first black man ever elected as President of the United States, beating out Republican war hero John McCain after a long and often heated campaign.

The Internet is widely acknowledged to have played a larger part in this contest than in any previously. Obama, along with other candidates, maintained a Twitter account and a Facebook page, using online connectivity to reach out to younger voters. The online community responded effusively, making the 2008 election easily the most-discussed topic of the year.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “election 2008”

• Landrieu To Reid: No Triggers, No Bill–Negotiating Compromise With Schumer

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) tells TPMDC that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)--one of the architects of the opt-out public option--is now negotiating with members on the compromise that wont die: triggers.
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• Landrieu To Reid: No Triggers, No Bill–Negotiating Compromise With Schumer

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) tells TPMDC that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)--one of the architects of the opt-out public option--is now negotiating with members on the compromise that wont die: triggers.
  12 hours ago

• Sowing rogue quotes

  
  Debris — Authority: 125
  It appears that among the great many things Sarah Palin does not know is the difference between former UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden and former Cheyenne Indian tribal leader John Wooden Legs . Her (poorly ghostwritten and apparently unedited) book, Going Rogue , erroneously attributes this quote to ...
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• My thoughts on Sarah Palin

  
  Michael Wolfe — Authority: 113
  Sarah is a controversial person at this point. Supporters of the Pelosi-Reid-Obama health care bills are up in arms over her pointed comments. She isn’t even holding an office and yet she is seemingly feared above all the conservatives of whatever party. the AP dispatches 11 reporters to “fact check” her book, ...
  17 hours ago

• Chapter Four – Going Rogue (Part 2 of 3)

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 606
  Page 254 (Posted previously in sneak peek) A TV station in Alaska was willing to spend any amount to get a local reporter on the scene of the nomination to ask “simple, softball scripted questions,” but the campaign wouldn’t allow it. She was hoping the national media would pick up on the simple softball ...
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• New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Jalin Willis checked the job listings in Denver last month. The nations unemployment rate topped 10 percent this month.
  18 hours ago

• New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Jalin Willis checked the job listings in Denver last month. The nations unemployment rate topped 10 percent this month.
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• Palin’s Growing Pains

  
  On the Western Banks of the Shenandoah — Authority: 116
  Despite the near endless parade of conservative faces opposing Obama these days, it seems that one face has overshadowed all of them, largely on her own appeal: Sarah Palin. Palin’s appeal is undeniable: a true outsider who connects with average Americans in innumerable ways. And yet it would seem that her assets ...
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• Sarah Palin attacks, BarackObama.com, Organizing for America, Obama thugs attack Palin, Going Rogue, Orwellian, Nazi brownshirts, Obama and Democrats attack America

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 584
  Barack Obama, the Obama camp and the Democrat Party continue to attack Sarah Palin. They are openly, flagrantly, requesting donations to continue their Orwellian attacks on Palin. Attacking Palin is attacking America, American values and us, the American people. If they want war with the American people, by God they ...
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• How Palin Will Help McCain

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  The new Rasmussen poll for the 2010 Arizona GOP Primary—John McCain 45%, J. D. Hayworth 43%—will generate a fair amount of buzz.
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• Oh, and avoid Blakemore, too

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 149
  We already know why you should stay away from Steven Hotze . But Allen Blakemore is the Horace and Jasper to Hotze’s Cruella de Vil , and the same warning applies to him as well. But don’t take my word for it, listen to a dissatisfied customer of Blakemore’s. In 2005 Hotze endorsed George Hittner in a ...
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• How Palin Will Help McCain

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  The new Rasmussen poll for the 2010 Arizona GOP Primary—John McCain 45%, J. D. Hayworth 43%—will generate a fair amount of buzz.
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• It’s Official: 52% of Republicans Are Unbelievable Morons

  
  The Blog from Another Dimension — Authority: 130
  Why? Because 52%, according to a recent poll , think that ACORN stole the election for Obama. ACORN, of course, is the right wing’s favorite new smear target. The thing is, even if you do believe that ACORN is so corrupt that its goal is to steal elections, and so effective that it is successful at it, believing ...
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• The Day I Met Sarah Palin…and the Liberal Media

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Where on earth do I begin? This all started as me, a young 17 year old American going to see a woman I admire and turned into this crazy event hah I’ll start at the very beginning.
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• Obama dun stol da elektiun!

  
  nixon the hand — Authority: 130
  According to a new poll from Public Policy Polling, 52% of republicans believe that Barack Obama stole the election of 2008 with the help of ACORN to you I have to say:
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• How to tell if Barack Obama is lying

  
  Rene's Apple — Authority: 431
  His lips are moving.
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• Rudy Giuliani to run for U.S. Senate; If elected may aim for White House in 2012: source

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next - but will run for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.
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• ACORN Madness

  
  The Seventh Sense — Authority: 480
  Everyone is talking about this Public Policy Polling survey , and in particular, one particular chunk of data. 1,065 registered voters were asked: Now... think about this.  One in four registered voters think that ACORN stole the 2008 election for Obama .  What accounts for this oddly high number? ...
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• Rudy Giuliani to run for U.S. Senate; If elected may aim for White House in 2012: source

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next - but will run for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.
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• Rudy Giuliani to run for U.S. Senate; If elected may aim for White House in 2012: source

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided not to run for governor next - but will run for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News.
  2 days ago

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