In 2008 there were open races for both parties' presidential nominations.
For the first time since 1952 a sitting president or vice president was not a candidate for nomination of either major party.
This site is the successor to P2004 and P2000 and can be accessed at "http://www.P2008.org" or "http://www.gwu.edu/~action/P2008.html"
WHAT'S HOT
The Campaigns and the Parties Gear Up for the General Election:
McCain  |  Obama  |  Others
Washington's Favorite Parlor Game: Vice Presidential Speculation
Fast Approaching: The Conventions
 The Media Campaign: Paid and Free Media
From the Primaries: Debates, Schedule, Candidates: Rs  |  Ds  |  Others
Index
Where We Are: After several years of pre-campaign activity and five months of primaries and caucuses, the national nominating conventions are less than two months off.  The presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, survived a campaign implosion in mid-2007 and went on to win the majority of delegates in a relatively easy manner by the March 4 primaries.  The Democrats' titanic struggle between Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama carried through to the last primaries on June 3, with the candidates fighting for every delegate; Clinton finally endorsed Obama on June 7.  Now the campaigns are gearing up for the conventions and the fall campaign.     

Useful Links
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
C-SPAN "Road to the White House"
Annenberg's FactCheck.org
Patrick Ruffini's 2008 Presidential Wire
Politics1.com's Presidency 2008
4president.org


Conference Calls: 2008Central.net 		 ABC News "The Note"
National Journal "Hotline On Call" 
Washington Post "The Fix"
CNN "Political Ticker"
NBC News "First Read"
CBS News Politics
NPR "Election 2008"

                                                        about     comments, questions action08 at gmail d ot  co m
Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action