iflove Archive for the '2008 Presidential Election' Category

Farewell Bush, Your Closing Argument Is Enough – President Bush’s Farewell Speech

Quiet goodbye on President Bush’s Farewell Speech: President George W. Bush said farewell to the nation, but the nation wasn’t paying attention. TV barely cut to him in time for his first words Thursday evening and couldn’t wait to cut away when he finished 13 minutes later. Something unexpected and awesome had happened to shoulder [...]

Nancy Pelosi, first Speaker of White House to launch YouTube channel for Congress

Rolling With the Web Crowd, Nancy Pelosi YouTube Debut: Barack Obama is the first president-elect to deliver his radio addresses on YouTube. Now Nancy Pelosi has become the first Speaker of the House to launch a YouTube channel for Congress — and advertise it with an online prank.
Here’s how it goes. The video (you can [...]

Hail to Chief Ambience for President in Waiting, Reporter’s Notebook about Presidency Transition

Hail to Chief Ambience for President in Waiting, Reporter’s Notebook about Presidency Transition. News from HONOLULU — Two years ago, the junior senator from Illinois came here for his family’s annual vacation with relatives and high school friends — and, aides said, to make final a decision that just about everyone knew he had already [...]

Exit polls 2008: Latest Results on 2008 presidential race exit polls

Exit polls 2008: Latest Results on 2008 presidential race exit polls. The networks will follow strict rules Tuesday on projecting election results, examining not only the data from exit polls but actual vote tabulation and turnout data.
The networks will follow strict rules Tuesday on projecting election results, examining not only the data from exit polls [...]

McCain to campaign Election Day, pushing back against predictions of defeat

Seeking upset, McCain to campaign Election Day. News from PRESCOTT, Ariz. – Pushing back against predictions of defeat, Republican John McCain scheduled campaign stops in two Western battlegrounds on Election Day after a seven-state sprint that brought him home to Arizona after midnight Tuesday.
Which state have the most votes?
The presidential nominee was breaking tradition, heading [...]