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”

 

• Lampson on the DCCC’s list

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 124
  It’s just like old times again. Nick Lampson The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, launching its bid to win back the House majority, has unveiled its list of top 2012 recruits. DCCC Chairman Steve Israel announced 18 candidates on Wednesday who are being inducted into the House Democratic ...
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• Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 2, Robert Bauer et al help Obama hide records

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 487
  Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 2, Robert Bauer et al help Obama hide records “Why did Obama, prior to occupying the White House, employ Robert Bauer of Perkins Coie, to assist him in avoiding the presentation of a ...
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• Palin Urges South Carolinians to Vote for “Egotistical Narrow-Minded Machine Goon”

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 116
  Was Sarah Palin’s proclamation, “If I were in South Carolina, I’d vote for Newt” really an endorsement, or just her attempt to keep the wounded elephant that is the current presidential GOP lineup limping forward as far as possible before it collapses under the weight of its own unelectability? Correspondence ...
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• Minnesota Majority report an indictment against Minnesota’s election integrity

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 120
  Minnesota Majority, Minnesota’s premier election watchdog organization, has issued a scathing indictment against Minnesota’s election integrity . There isn’t any question but that Minnesota’s election integrity has been compromised: Minnesota Majority today released a report on voters flagged for ...
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• Opposition research on Mitt Romney

  
  Brain Shavings — Authority: 102
  The document below the fold is purportedly John McCains opposition research report on Mitt Romney from the 2008 presidential campaign. McCain 2008 Oppo File
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• Sullivan says he’ll step down if he wins primary

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 124
  He’s hoping to defuse a campaign issue . CM Mike Sullivan Houston City Councilman Mike Sullivan will submit his resignation in July if he wins the Republican nomination for Harris County tax assessor-collector in April’s primary, he said. The resignation would not be effective until January, when he ...
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• PCW Rewind: Michigan Madness 2008

  
  Political Championship Wrestling — Authority: 104
  1/15/08- PCW EXTREME POLITICAL TV- LIVE AT MICHIGAN MADNESS From the Mid-Michigan Roller Arena, Lansing, MI. Johnny Suave announcing. Johnny Suave: Welcome to PCW Extreme Political TV, live from Michigan Madness at the Mid-Michigan Roller Arena in Lansing, Michigan. It’s the third stop of PCW’s Roadshow Across ...
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• Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 1

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 487
  Obama GA ballot challenge, Natural born citizen status, Judge Michael Malihi, Why did Obama refuse matching funds in 2008?, Part 1 “In February 2007, I proposed a novel way to preserve the strength of the public financing system in the 2008 election. My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a ...
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• The Invisible Great Recession: Did It Ever Happen?

  
  Stop The Spirit of Zossen 2.0 — Authority: 103
  Y ears from now, will people really know we ever had a ‘Great Recession?’ How? Will those two words resonate a concrete sense of time and crisis? Or be just another meme football, drawing meaning from shadows cast by shifting contexts? The Great Recession Is Not Happening, Move Along. Keep It Moving. They ...
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• The Invisible Great Recession: Did It Ever Happen?

  
  Stop The Spirit of Zossen 2.0 — Authority: 103
  Y ears from now, will people really know we ever had a ‘Great Recession?’ How? Will those two words resonate a concrete sense of time and crisis? Or be just another meme football, drawing meaning from shadows cast by shifting contexts? The Great Recession Is Not Happening, Move Along. Keep It Moving. They ...
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• Obama’s Thirteen Percent

  
  BeeNetworkNews.Com - Some Things to Consider — Authority: 104
  By: George Addison Article first published as  Obama’s Thirteen Percent  on Technorati. By all accounts the 2008 Presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain resulted in a record voter turnout .  Final numbers tallied showed that 131.3 million voters cast their ballots compared to the ...
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• Candidate Barack Obama vs. President Barack Obama on Guantanamo and the Rule of Law

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 517
  Candidate Barack Obama, February 27 2008, Columbus Ohio : We will lead by having the highest standards, by setting an example of human rights and civil rights, due process and rule of law, which is why I will close Guantanamo. I will restore habeas corpus. And we will end torture and rendition because you will have ...
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• Unvetted Palin Says Republicans Should “Vet One Another.”

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 116
  Sarah Palin, perhaps politics’ most high-profile vetting escapee seems to have a strong opinion on the matter of vetting when it comes to people who are not Sarah Palin. Despite documentation that proves Palin was never vetted (as John McCain and others claim), she is waving the red flag, encouraging Rick Perry, ...
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• Wait, you mean there’s a Democrat running for Senate?

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 124
  There’s actually seven of them, but the Chron writes about the one with actual legislative experience. Paul Sadler, a plaintiff’s lawyer who represented an East Texas district from 1991 to 2003 and who developed a reputation during his years in Austin as a savvy politician and an expert on school finance, ...
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• Obama: Debt Man Walking

  
  The Blogmocracy — Authority: 551
  FAIL.
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• CNN calls Ron Paul for racist newsletter (Update)

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 117
  I wrote this several years ago. The funny thing is that it is still relevant. Ron Paul walked out of an interview where he was asked once again about this newsletter which bears his name. He has stuck to the story that he didn’t write the racist comments. He has never answered several basic questions. Who wrote ...
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