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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:
The week that was….
June 16, 2008: Former Vice President Al Gore endorses Barack Obama for the Democratic Nomination.
June 17, 2008: Obama reached the million mark in Facebook supporters. That is more supporters than any other page on the most popular social network site.
A McCain adviser claims “Senator Obama is [...]
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June 23, 2008: Campaign Financing & Future First Ladies in the Spotlight
Posted in Campaign 2008, HNN, tagged Al Gore, Allan Lichtman, Barack Obama, Bruce Bartlett, Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Cindy McCain, First Lady, George McGovern, George W. Bush, Gil Troy, John Hope Franklin, John Kerry, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Mike Dukakis, Myra Gutin, Robert Mutch, Ted Strickland, Victor Davis Hanson, Walter Mondale on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
June 23, 2008…This Week on HNN
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Campaign 2008: Highlights: June 23, 2008: Campaign Financing & Future First Ladies in the Spotlight
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On HNN This Week… June 16, 2008
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New Editions….
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June 16, 2008: It’s the economy again, stupid as both candidates tout their plans
Posted in Campaign 2008, HNN, tagged Allan Lichtman, Andrew Jackson, Barack Obama, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Grover Cleveland, James G. Blaine, Jimmy Carter, John McCain, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Richard Norton Smith, Robert Dallek on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The week that was….
June 16, 2008: Former Vice President Al Gore endorses Obama.
June 15, 2008: McCain cancels a fundraiser in Texas after questions concerning the host Texas oilman, Clayton “Claytie” Williams’ 1990 jokes about rape. Many black conservative consider voting for Obama because he is making history as the first black to [...]
June 9, 2008: Hillary Concedes, Obama Cliches Democratic Nomination
Posted in Campaign 2008, HNN, tagged Barack Obama, Bruce Miroff, Bruce Schulman, delegates, Democratic Nomination, Hillary Clinton, James Taylor, John McCain, Julian Zelizer, Larry Sabato, Martin Luther King Jr., Patricia Turner, Primaries, running mate, Simon Sheppard, Vice President on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH
The week that was….
June 3, 2008: The Presidential campaign primaries end, Barack Obama reaches the number necessary to capture the Democratic Nomination. However, Hillary Clinton, chooses not to concede on the same night.
June 4, 2008: Hillary Clinton’s campaign announces she will suspend her candidacy, and will have a rally on Saturday June [...]
February 7, 1839: Henry Clay declares “I had rather be right than president.”
Posted in American History, Campaign 2008, On This Day in History..., tagged 1840, Aboilitionists, Andrew Jackson, Anti-Mason National Convention, Corrupt Bargain of 1825, Daniel Webster, Democratic Party, General Winfield Scott, Henry Clay, Hillary Clinton, I had rather be right than president, James G. Birney, John C. Calhoun, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Quincy Adams, Peleg Sprague, Petitions for the Abolition of Slavery, Presidential Campaign, pro-slavery, race, Robert Remini, slavery, South Carolina, Thurlow Weed, William C. Preston, William Henry Harrison on June 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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On this day in history…. February 7, 1839 Henry Clay declares in the United States Senate “I had rather be right than president.”
The venerable politician and statesman Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky believed his time to win the Presidency would finally be ripe in 1840. There were many obstacles to his [...]
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