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4 days ago · After trailing Republicans for many election cycles in their use of micro-targeting, the 2008 Obama campaign was the first Democratic presidential campaign to benefit from the existence of a national voter file.
2 days ago · His 2008 presidential campaign was progressing smoothly until a news story surfaced revealing that Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the pastor at the Chicago church Obama had attended for twenty years, had repeatedly execrated America in his sermons.
Jun 18, 2024 · US Presidential Election 2008. This chart was constructed on the basis of the speeches, public statements and, crucially, the voting records of each of the candidates. During the election campaign, we’ll be tweaking their positions as, inevitably, some of them change.
1 day ago · On Saturday, August 16, 2008, both McCain and Obama appeared at Pastor Rick Warren 's Saddleback Church in California. Similar to the Compassion Forum held in the Democratic debates, each candidate appeared separately, answering similar questions from Warren for one hour. Obama appeared first, followed by McCain.
4 days ago · In February 2007 he announced at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln had served as a state legislator, that he would seek the Democratic Party ’s presidential nomination in 2008. (For coverage of the 2008 election, see United States Presidential Election of 2008 .) Recent News. June 21, 2024, 3:19 PM ET (AP)
Jun 10, 2024 · Yes We Can: Barack Obama’s History-Making Presidential Campaign is an incredible must-read-must-own for political scientists, aspiring and existing photojournalists, and Americans of all...
2 days ago · Seven years ago, Joe Biden became emotional when Barack Obama surprised him with a Presidential Medal of Freedom during Obama's last few days in office. Between the lines: Despite her initial resistance, Michelle Obama did participate in the 2020 campaign after Democrats privately argued to her that the stakes were too high for her to sit out.
