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”

• New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Streets influence in ...
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• Obamas’ Uninvited Guests Prompt an Inquiry

  
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  Tareq and Michaele Salahi with Vice President Joe Biden at the state dinner on Tuesday night.
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• Obamas’ Uninvited Guests Prompt an Inquiry

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Tareq and Michaele Salahi with Vice President Joe Biden at the state dinner on Tuesday night.
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• At Obama’s First State Dinner, the First Crashers

  
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  A Virginia couple mingled with guests, including the vice president, though neither had been invited.
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• Thanksgiving tradition – precedented and “un”

  
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  The administration that initiated so much that is unprecedented in American politics, introduced an unprecedented new Thanksgiving tradition – carving up our currency for the holidays. Before considering this new tradition, let us not forget the greatest tradition of this holiday, taking time to count our ...
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• At the First Obama State Dinner, the First Crashers

  
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  Tareq and Michaele Salahi with Vice President Joe Biden at the state dinner on Tuesday night.
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• Mysteries of “Tiger Woods Affair,” “State Dinner Photos,” and “Adam Sandler Turkey Song” Solved

  
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  Wondering why "Tiger Woods Affair," "State Dinner Photos," and "Adam Sandler Turkey Song" are surging in Google Trends? We can shed some light on the mystery.
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• Mysteries of “Tiger Woods Affair,” “State Dinner Photos,” and “Adam Sandler Turkey Song” Solved

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  Wondering why "Tiger Woods Affair," "State Dinner Photos," and "Adam Sandler Turkey Song" are surging in Google Trends? We can shed some light on the mystery.
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• Chapter Five – The Way Forward

  
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  (Cracks knuckles and rubs palms together briskly) We are about to knock off the last agonizing chapter of the hardcover $19.97 bologna sandwich that some rogue calls a book. Ready?  Let’s go. Page 383 The drive to Fairbanks for the abdication ceremony was magical. The motor home was filled with coffee. A bunch ...
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• News Analysis: Afghan Strategy Will Contain Messages to Several Audiences

  
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  American soldiers were on patrol in Kashmiri Bala, a village in Logar Province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
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• Obama not president, Obama not natural born citizen, Internet billboard, Kenyan born, Obama sr Kenyan and British citizen, Sarah Obama, African news, Obama not eligible, US Constitution

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 590
  Article II, Sec. 1, cl. 5 of the US Constitution “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President. . .” From the 20th Amendment to the US Constitution. “or if the President elect shall ...
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• News Analysis: Afghan Strategy Will Contain Messages to Several Audiences

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  American soldiers were on patrol in Kashmiri Bala, a village in Logar Province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
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• Time Names 2000’s ‘The Decade From Hell’

  
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  We are about to head into six weeks of non-stop, end-of-decade countdown and highlight lists. Newsweek got a head start on the competition with their much passed-around the decade in seven minutes, but that is no doubt just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come between now and December 31. Granted it’s ...
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• ACORN: The Myth That Won’t Go Away

  
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• ACORN: The Myth That Won’t Go Away

  
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  This Editor and Publisher article perpetuates the myth that ACORN is being wrongfully targeted by evil conservatives. E & P is perpetuating this shattered myth: Leading up to the 2008 presidential campaign, ACORN was a target of allegations of voter fraud from the Republican Party and conservative news ...
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• Angelina Jolie Not a Fan of Obama

  
  Presidential Race 2008 - Election 2008 - President 2008 Blog — Authority: 144
  The new Us Weekly reports that she gets "in nasty arguments" with Brad Pitt "all the time" about the[...]
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• Obama plans to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan

  
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  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama met Monday evening with his national security team to finalize a plan to dispatch some 34,000 additional U.S.
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• Yes Sarah, there is a media conspiracy

  
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  Matt Taibbi   Matt Taibbi mostly talks about the media conspiracy against Sarah Palin, but I want to focus on another part of his post:   1) The political media has always taken it upon itself to make decisions about who is and who is not qualified to be taken seriously as candidates for higher office. ...
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• Chapter Five – The Thumpin’

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 606
  The second-to-last chapter.  There is light at the end of this long long tunnel.  It reminds me of the escape scene from Shawshank Redemption.  Only I’m not yet to the other end of the pipe… Page 341 Everyone wanted her to run for Senate against Lisa Murkowski who was vulnerable because she got the job through ...
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• Sarah Palin, Orlando FL, Going Rogue, Live report, November 24, 2009, Book tour, Andrea Shea King, Florida, Jacksonville book signing, The Villages

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 590
  Just in from Andrea Shea King: November 24, 2009 SARAH PALIN’S COMIN’ TO TOWN!   Photo by Central Florida News 13 Kristinn Taylor is standing in line at the Barnes & Noble Bookseller store in Orlando along with some 1,000 others who are hoping to get a wristband. Why? Because Sarah Palin is coming to ...
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