Presidential Campaign 2008

An Exclusive Look at MAD Magazine's Worst of 2008 List

Bryan Young | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media

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Bryan Young

Now that the election is over and all of the other more reputable magazines are having a stab at their 10, 20, 50, 100 or 1000 best and worst of 2008 lists, MAD just had to follow suit.

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Behind Obama's Iconic HOPE Poster

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Style

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Joshuah Bearman

Fairey's multi-colored Obama gave visual definition to the intangible excitement stirred by the candidate, and soon that face was everywhere.

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One Week Out, McCain's Home State Is Blushing Pink

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home

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Marlene H. Phillips

This is a story I've been covering for Huffington Post for months. Arizonans have told me why they would never vote for John McCain, giving first-hand...

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Arizona Rising: Record Turn-outs in 'One of McCain's Backyards'

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home

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Marlene H. Phillips

Every Democratic event in this state has drawn unexpectedly high numbers. You can't call it spin from Democratic activists because literally the signs are everywhere...

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KCRW's Left Right & Center

Huff Radio | Posted 09.24.2008 | Politics

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Pulling out of Georgia; Pulling out of Iraq; How many houses do you need to run for President? Is Russia honoring its deadline to pull out of Georgia...

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McCain On Immigration Watchdogged By AZ Blogger

Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

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The conservative Arizona blog "Seeing Red AZ" ran a post this week referencing a Washington Times piece on, depending how you view it, either McCain's...

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Obama's Sort Of Audacious Southern Strategy

Ben Mishkin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

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Ben Mishkin

Barack Obama's "Southern Strategy" based on expected "historic turnout in the African-American community" has come under scrutiny recently, setting off a new round of debate on the matter in the blogosphere.

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Clinton Co-Chairman In NH Warns Obama Will Be Attacked On Past Drug Use

Washington Post | Alec MacGillis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Billy Shaheen, the co-chairman of Hillary Clinton's campaign in New Hampshire, raised the issue of Sen. Barack Obama's past admissions of drug use in ...

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Hillary Holds 30-Point Lead In National Poll

ABC News | GARY LANGER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The interaction of religion and politics is helping to roil the Republican presidential race, with Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney gaining ground, while...

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Obama Releases Opposition Research On Edwards In Iowa

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Circulating among Iowa labor circles, I am told, is this leaflet, which looks to be a standard opposition-research paper against former Sen. John Edwa...

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Huckabee: Araknsas School Shootings Occurred "In A Nation That Has Forgotten Its God"

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | LINDA S. CAILLOUET | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Government may have dropped the ball in modern American society, but religion dropped it first, Gov. Mike Huckabee told Southern Baptist pastors Sunda...

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Rudy Would Be First Jewish President

Politco | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Per the Jewish news service JTA, top Giuliani aide Ken Kurson told a Jewish audience last night in New York that if Bill Clinton was "the first black ...

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Rudy's First Presidential TV Ad Released In New Hampshire

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- Rudy Giuliani's image as an in-charge New York mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has framed much of his presidential ca...

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Dissension Hits Romney Camp Over Rudy Attack Strategy

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has television ads and mailings on standby to attack Rudy Giuliani but so far has not used them because of an inte...

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