Too Long and Too Suddenly Ended
That is one of the criticisms leveled at the way we pick presidential candidates. The critic is Michael Barone, one of the most respected political commentators around. The votes cast in the general election of November 2006 weren't all counted, no less certified, before presidential hopefuls began announcing their intention of forming exploratory committees, or even announcing a full-fledged campaign. Since this will be the first presidential election in 80 years in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president will be running, it should be a wild ride.
Do-It-Yourself Analysis
Web-based tools to help you analyze the candidates.
- Map the Candidates
- Where the candidates have been, where the candidates will be -- plus ways to slice and dice the information.
- SelectSmart 2008 Presidential Candidates
- Answer some questions, see which candidates best matches up.
- National Journal Political Stock Exchange
- A grown-up way to vote with play money.
- 2008 Elections Wiki
- Part of the Congresspedia project, this is an online resource of user-generated information on the 2008 American election cycle.
- Political Base
- Election and candidate information: connecting the dots in American politics.
- Connect 2 Elect
- See which 2008 presidential candidate is the best fit for your own views.
Democratic Presidential Candidates
Official Campaign Websites
Here's a list of official campaign websites for declared candidates for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Vote your favorite - website, or candidate!
Barack Obama
Official Website of Barack Obama for President2 points
Mike Gravel
Official Website of Mike Gravel for President1 point
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Official Site of Hillary Clinton for President Exp more...0 points
Democratic Bashfuls
Will they run?
Wesley Clark
"Securing America" WesPAC website0 points
Al Sharpton
Sharpton Civic Forum, unaffiliated & unofficia more...0 points
Democratic Dropouts
Candidates Who Have Officially Ended Their Candidacy
- Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack on 2007-02-23
- Senator Christopher Dodd on 2008-01-03, after Iowa Caucuses
- Senator Joe Biden on 2008-01-03, after Iowa Caucuses
- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on 2008-01-09, after New Hampshire primary
- John Edwards on 2008-01-30, after Florida primary
Republican Presidential Candidates
Official Campaign Websites
Here's a list of official campaign websites for declared candidates for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. Vote your favorite - website, or candidate!
John H. Cox
Official campaign website for John H. Cox0 points
Michael Charles Smith
Official campaign website for Michael Charles Smit more...0 points
John McCain
Official campaign website for John McCain0 points
Alan Keyes
Official campaign website for Alan Keyes0 points
Republican Bashfuls
Will they run?
Chuck Hagel
Sandhills PAC2 points
Newt Gingrich
Personal website0 points
George Pataki
21 Century Freedom PAC0 points
Republican Dropouts
Candidates who have officially ended their campaigns
- James Gilmore on 2007-07-13
- Tommy Thompson on 2007-08-13
- Sam Brownback on 2007-10-19
- Tom Tancredo on 2007-12-20
- Duncan Hunter on 2008-01-19
- Fred Thompson on 2008-01-22
- Rudy Giuliani on 2008-01-30
- Mitt Romney on 2008-02-07
- Mike Huckabee on 2008-03-04
YouTube Election 2008
Professional & amateur videos on the Election of 2008
http://www.youtube.com/members?s=po&t=w&g=-1
Books by or about the Candidates
Vote the books, or vote the candidates!
A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship by Ron Paul
Ron Paul has always believed that foreign and dome more...1 point
2008 Democratic Presidential Candidates: Senator Joe Biden - Public Papers, Speeches, Policies, News (CD-ROM) by U.S. Government
Material includes speeches, policy statements, and more...0 points
Polls
Straw Polls, Exit Polls, This Poll, That Poll - We Got 'Em
- Pajamas Media Presidential Straw Poll
- The first Pajamas Media Presidential Straw Poll for the 2008 election. You can vote weekly, for either or both parties. Voting takes place on the PJM homepage.
- National Journal's Poll Track
- A daily roundup of the latest national numbers.
- Strategic Vision
- A "full-service public relations and public affairs agency" that has poll results on the upcoming 2006/2008 elections for selected states.
- Hedgehog Report
- Rafts and rafts of polinews.
- Real Clear Politics - Polls
- Gathering polls and smushing them together.
- TPM Poll Tracker
- Part of the election coverage of TPM Cafe.
- GOP Straw Polls
- The race for the 2008 nomination, a project of GOPBloggers.org
- Field Poll
- More than politics.
- Rasmussen Reports
- Just about the most accurate polling around.
- Marist Poll
- Marist College Institute for Public Opinion
Election Analysts
Want the skinny? Love numbers? You've found the list!
- Blogging Caesar at Election Projection
- He reads the tea leaves for national and state elections, and gives a reading for free. Want more details? Get a subscription!
- Club for Growth
- The Club for Growth issues reports on topics related to economic freedom. Watch for its analysis of economic policies proposed by presidential hopefuls.
- Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball
- from the website:
"A comprehensive Web site run by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball features analyses of presidential elections, Senate, House and gubernatorial races." - TPM Cafe Election Central
- An adjunct to Joshua Micah Marshall's Talking Points Memo.
- 2008 Central
- Non-partisan Comprehensive Coverage Of The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
- Intrade Prediction Markets
- Intrade, is The Prediction Market where you can buy and sell "shares" in financial, political, weather and other important subjects.
- National Journal Democratic Candidate Ranking
- These rankings are ordered by likelihood of winning the Democratic Party primary and are based on a number of factors, including organization, money, buzz and polling.
- National Journal Republican Candidate Ranking
- These rankings are ordered by likelihood of winning the Republican primary and are based on a number of factors, including organization, money, buzz and polling.
- Tech President
- Personal Democracy Forum
- Spartan Internet Political Performance Index
- from the website: "[T]he first quantitative metric to measure the Internet-wide performance of each Presidential candidate for the 2008 election."
- Campaign Standard
- Campaign-related blog for "The Weekly Standard"
Conservative Political Commentators
- Michael Barone
- Respected on both sides of the aisle for his deep understanding of election fundamentals.
- Hugh Hewitt
- A center right commentator renowned for his relentless but fair questioning, and his upbeat attitude. Currently guest-blogging at Hugh's place are Dean Barnett and Patrick Ruffini.
- The Hillary Spot at National Review Online
- Jim Garaghty doggedly followed John Kerry's presidential campaign at The Kerry Spot. Rechristened with HRC in mind, The Hillary Spot now carries Mr. Garaghty's take on the presumptive Democratic nominee's campaign to remove the "presumptive" and then carve her own initials in the conference table of the Cabinet meeting room.
- Rush Limbaugh
- The original, one-and-only Rush Limbaugh, the ur-conservative talk radio host.
- Jonathan Martin
- At The Politico, a new news source.
- Wizbang Politics
- Lorie Byrd and D.J. Drummond.
- Race 4 2008
- Highly recommended group blog
- GOP Progress
- Focused on the Republican Party
- Eye on 08
- Moderate
- Poli Report
- from the website: "This blog 'The Polireport' takes on the most formidable challenge during the race for President in 2008 from the GOP side. We will cover ALL of the GOP candidates until the primary and then follow the final candidate for the GOP to election day. We will cover them all-or die trying."
- Patrick Ruffini
- Online political strategist
Liberal Political Commentators
- Marty Peretz
- Writing at The Spine, hosted by "The New Republic."
- Greg Sargent
- Writing at The Horse's Mouth, hosted by "Talking Points Memo."
- Josh Marshall
- Writing at "Talking Points Memo."
- Helena Cobban
- Rapid reaction to breaking news and unfiltered takes on politics, ethics and culture from "Nation" editors and contributors.
- Markos Moulitsas
- The home of the liberal Netroots, Daily Kos, was created and encouraged by Markos Moulitsas, a force to be reckoned with.
- Ben Smith
- At The Politico, a new news source.
- The Caucus
- Political blogging from the New York Times
- Brody File
- David Brody for CBN News
Media Coverage
FoxNews and more!
Well, more as I find them. Vote for which site provides the best coverage!
Decision ‘08
A 2006 Weblog Award finalist1 point
You Decide 2008 - FOXNews.com
Voting, vote, 2008 elections FOXNews.com. Your more...0 points
TheHill.com - Endorsements 2008
The Hill is a non-partisan, non-ideological weekly more...0 points
I Support this Message
View political messages and then support, oppose a more...0 points
Presidential Candidates' Campaign Finances - 2008 Election Guide - Politics - New York Times
Interactive map of the money trail0 points
2008 Presidential Newswire
News aggregator0 points
CNN Election Center 2008: Delegate Scorecard
Keep score of who has how many delegates as the pr more...0 points
State News
From Local Sources
- California
- Daniel Weintraub at the Sacramento Bee.
- Iowa
- A for-profit political news service
- New Hampshire
- The Union-Leader's online politics site.
- California
- CA Republican Party vice-chairman Jon Fleischman
- Iowa
- The Caucus Cooler
- Iowa
- Krusty Konservative
- Ohio
- Wide Open, a political analysis group blog hosted by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
- South Carolina
- The Chaser
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