2008 Presidential Elections

Sections below on... McCain-Obama debates & joint appearances Sunday Morning Talk Show Interviews John McCain: books Barack Obama books Third Party debates and books 2008 Senate races Presidential nominees in debates from past elections 2008 Presidential Primaries Republican primary debates and books Democratic primary debates and books Background materials on presidential primaries Books by former candidates or potential candidates 2007 Talk Show Interviews 2007 Republican debates and books 2007 Democratic debates and books 2008 State of the Union excerpts Books currently being edited by OnTheIssues.org

McCain-Obama Debates & joint appearances

Presidential Debates: Third Obama-McCain Debate, Oct. 15, 2008 Second Obama-McCain Debate, Oct. 7, 2008 Palin-Biden Debate, Oct. 2, 2008 First Obama-McCain Debate, Sept. 26, 2008 Joint appearances: Saddleback Civil Forum on the PresidencyAug 16, 2008 NAACP 99th Annual Conference, July 12, 2008 NALEO 25th Annual Conference, June 28, 2008

Sunday Morning Talk Show Bipartisan Debates

Sunday Morning Talk Show Interviews Fact-checking on 2008 debates Fact-checking on 2008 advertisements Fact-checking on 2007 debates Fact-checking on 2007 advertisements Fact-checking by the Washington Post CBS News Presidential interviews, with Katie Couric ABC World News Presidential interview series, with Charlie Gibson Fox News Sunday, Presidential interview series, with Chris Wallace Fox News Presidential interviews from 2007 CNN "Late Edition" Presidential interview series, with Wolf Blitzer CNN Presidential interviews from 2007 Meet the Press interviews with Tim Russert Meet the Press interviews from 2007

2008 Third Party and bipartisan events
Third Party Debate	In several venues, with several participants	Sept.-Oct. 2008
America's Independent Party Platform	Alan Keyes' nomination	Aug. 20, 2008
Political Courage Test	Third Party candidate questionnaires	Apr.-Aug., 2008
Green Party Questionnaire	Responses from Nader and McKinney	Jan.-Feb., 2008
State of the Union speech	With responses from several presidential candidates	Jan. 28, 2008
Green Party debate in San Francisco	Moderated by Cindy Sheehan	Jan. 13, 2008

The Seventeen Traditions, by Ralph Nader, independent for president

The Meaning of IS, by Bob Barr, Libertarian nominee for president

Our Character, Our Future, by Alan Keyes, AIP nominee for president

The Good Fight, by Ralph Nader

The Nader Reader, collected essays by Ralph Nader

Crash!ng the Party, by Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader Cutting Corporate Welfare

Ralph Nader The Concord Principles

Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon

Books by and about the 2008 Republican Nominee

Speeches at Republican National Convention, Sept. 3rd-5th, 2008

Citizen McCain, by Elizabeth Drew

The Myth of a Maverick, by Matt Welch

Worth the Fighting for: A Memoir, by John McCain

Man of the People, by Paul Alexander

Hard Call, by John McCain

John McCain: An American Odyssey, by Robert Timberg

John McCain Faith of My Fathers

Why Courage Matters, by John McCain

Books by and about the 2008 Democratic Nominee

Speeches at Democratic National Convention, Aug. 26th-Aug. 28th, 2008

The Audacity of Hope, by Sen. Barack Obama (D, IL)

Change We Can Believe In, by Barack Obama

The Blueprint for Change, Barack Obama's Plan for America

Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama

Obama: From Promise to Power, by David Mendell

Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest, by John K. Wilson

Hopes and Dreams: The Story of Barack Obama, by Steve Dougherty

The Contenders, by Laura Flanders, et al.

Obama: A Bound Man, by Shelby Steele

Should Barack Obama Be President? by Fred Zimmerman, Nimble Books

Presidential nominees in debates from past elections
2004 Illinois Senate race	Obama vs. Alan Keyes	Oct. 21, 2004
2004 Arizona Senate race	McCain vs. Stuart Starky	Oct. 16, 2004
2004 Illinois Senate race	Obama vs. Alan Keyes	Oct. 12, 2004, and Oct. 26, 2004
Joint interview with Bradley & McCain	On Campaign Finance Reform	Dec 16, 1999
Republican primary Debate at Dartmouth University	McCain vs. Alan Keyes and three others	Oct. 29, 1999

2008 Senate candidate debates, plus primaries & books

2008 Senate races (full coverage) Interviews with Senate candidates (OnTheIssues SenateMatch series) Senior Citizens League Guide (Senate questionnaire on retirement topics) Scientists and Engineers for America Guide (Senate questionnaire on science & technology topics) Political Courage Test (Senate questionnaire on general topics) Citizens for Global Solutions (Senate questionnaire on international topics) State-by-state debates: AK: Sen. Ted Stevens (R, incumbent) vs. Mayor Mark Begich (D) AL: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R, incumbent) vs. State Sen. Vivian Figures (D) CO: Rep. Mark Udall (D) vs. Rep. Bob Schaeffer (R) GA: Georgia Democratic primary debate IA: Sen. Tom Harkin (D, incumbent) vs. Christopher Reed (R) ID: Gov. Jim Risch (R) vs. Rep. Larry LaRocco (D) vs. Rex Rammell (I) IL: Sen. Dick Durbin (D, incumbent) vs. Dr. Steven Sauerberg (R) KS: Sen. Pat Roberts (R, incumbent) vs. Rep. Jim Slattery (D) KY: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R, incumbent) vs. Bruce Lunsford (D) LA: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D, incumbent) vs. John Neely Kennedy (R) MA: Sen. John Kerry (D, incumbent) vs. Jeff Beatty (R) ME: Sen. Susan Collins (R, incumbent) vs. Rep. Tom Allen (D) MN: Sen. Norm Coleman (R, incumbent) vs. Al Franken (D) & Sen. Dean Barkley (I) MS: Sen. Roger Wicker (R, incumbent) vs. Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) NC: Sen. Liddy Dole (R) vs. State Sen. Kay Hagan (D) NE: Gov. Mike Johanns (R) vs. Scott Kleeb (D) NE: Nebraska's Brand of Change, by Scott Kleeb NH: Sen. John Sununu (R, incumbent) vs. Gov. Jeanne Shaheen NJ: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D, incumbent) vs. Rep. Dick Zimmer (R) NM: Rep. Steve Pearce (R) vs. Rep. Tom Udall (D) OK: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R, incumbent) vs. State Sen. Andrew Rice (D) OR: Sen. Gordon Smith (R, incumbent) vs. State Rep. Jeff Merkley (D) SD: Sen. Tim Johnson (D, incumbent) vs. Joel Dykstra (R) TX: Sen. Jon Cornyn (R, incumbent) vs. Rick Noriega (D) VA: Gov. Jim Gilmore (R) and vs. Gov. Mark Warner (D)

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Books currently being edited by OnTheIssues.org (check back soon!)

Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, by David Brock and Paul Waldman

The Full Rudy: The Man, the Myth, the Mania, by Jack Newfield

State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America by Patrick J. Buchanan

Meet the Next President: What You Don't Know About the Candidates, by Bill Sammon

Barack Obama for Beginners An Essential Guide , by Bob Neer and Joe Lee

John McCain An Essay in Military and Political History , by John Karaagac

America: Our Next Chapter Tough Questions, Straight Answers , by Sen. Chuck Hagel & Peter Kaminsky

The Natural The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton , by Joe Klein

And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress , by Rep. Charles Rangel & Leon Wynter

The Obama Nation Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality , by Jerome Corsi

Character IS the Issue How People With Integrity Can Revolutionize America , by Mike Huckabee & John Perry

What Happened Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception , by Scott McClellan

Hillary Clinton The Inside Story , by Judith Warner

Herding Cats A Life in Politics , by Sen. Trent Lott

The Nine Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court , by Jeffrey Toobin

Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! , by Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell

The Revolution A Manifesto , by Rep. Ron Paul

Obamanomics How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics , by John R. Talbott

Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis , by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee

The Thumpin' How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless , by Naftali Bendavid; profiling Rep. Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff-designee

Profiles In Courage For Our Time, by Caroline Kennedy, including chapter on Rep. Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor-designee

Like No Other Time The Two Years That Changed America , by Sen. Tom Daschle, Secretary of Health & Human Services-designee

The War in Quotes, by G.B. Trudeau

The FAITH of Barack Obama , by Stephen Mansfield

Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders , by Jim Gilchrist, Jerome R. Corsi; foreword by Congressman Tom Tancredo

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down , by Kaylene Johnson

The Dysfunctional President: Understanding the Compulsions of Bill Clinton, by Paul M. Fick

Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader, by Joe Hilley