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NBC reviews the 2008 election
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President-Elect Barack Obama in Chicago
The victory speech from Chicago.
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President Obama
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US Electoral Map 2008
Above is a live map of the 2008 US elections, courtesy of Google and the Associated Press.
Hover your mouse over states to see the current percentages, or use the drop-down menus to check out individual states and see totals by county.
You can zoom in and out, pan around, and do everything you normally do with Google Maps.
> Find out more about the 2008 US Election at Wikipedia
> Get the latest polling data at BBC News, Electoral Vote and the New York Times
From the Conventions to the First Debate in Three Minutes
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From the First to the Last Debate in Four Minutes
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From the Last Debate to the Final Week in Two Minutes
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> More videos at Slate
> Find out more about the 2008 US Election at Wikipedia
> Get the latest polling data at Electoral Vote, BBC News and the New York Times
John McCain and Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) address the Nation on QVC
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McCain unveils his new strategies on Weekend Update.
> Official site for Saturday Night Live
> Tina Fey at the IMDb
> John McCain at Wikipedia
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The Sarah Palin Prank Call
A Quebec comedy duo called The Masked Avengers – notorious for prank calls to celebrities and heads of state – recently reached Sarah Palin, convincing the Republican vice-presidential nominee she was speaking with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
> Download an MP3 of the prank
> BBC News report on the call
This is the 30 minute campaign ad for Barack Obama that ran on most US TV networks last Wednesday.
Entitled Amercian Stories, American Solutions, it was directed by Davis Guggenheim, who also made the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
It was simulcast on NBC, CBS, Fox, Univision, MSNBC, BET and TV One and Fox even asked for Game Six of the 2008 World Series to be delayed by 15 minutes in order to show it.
The ad got just over 30 million viewers across all the networks on which it aired and currently has 1,542,234 views on YouTube.
> Find out more about the Obama Campaign at Wikipedia
> Davis Guggenheim at the IMDb
Barack Obama‘s recent appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
UPDATE: 31/10/08: According to Variety’s Anne Thompson this appearence had a dramatic impact on The Daily Show’s ratings:
According to Comedy Central, last night’s Obama satellite interview “lifted The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to record levels,” they wrote in an email:
- It was the most-watched and highest-rated episode in the show’s history, with 3.6 million total viewers and a 2.6 HHLD Rating.
- This episode beat the October 8 prior most-watched episode record set by Michele Obama, by 700,000 total viewers.
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” (October 29, 11:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m)
- 3.6 million total viewers
- 2.2 million P18-49 viewers
- 2.6 HHLD Rating
- 2.0 P18-49 Rating
- This is the first time The Daily Show has averaged more than 3 million viewers for a single episode.
- The Daily Show outperformed its previous best by +22% (2.9 million viewers on October 8, 2008).
Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, talks about on Barack Obama‘s grasp of technology issues in his campaign for president.
Is is just me or does this seem a little symbolic?
> Joe the Plumber at WIkipedia
> Get the latest polls on the US election at Electoral Vote
This montage of synced-up footage from all three US presidential debates suggests that they were a bit similar.
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McCain Obama Dance Off
Check out the CG on this viral which somehow puts John McCain and Barack Obama in a dance off (!).
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Whassup 2008
The Budweiser Whassup?’ ad has been reworked as a viral campaign video for Barack Obama.
For anyone who doesn’t remember the original from 1999, here it is:
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Ron Howard’s Call To Action
See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die
Bill Maher gives us his thoughts on the VP debate on his HBO show Real Time.
With Barack Obama choosing Joe Biden as his Democratic running mate for President, here is a short history of US politics on the big screen from BACKSTAGEonline.
> Find out more about 2008 Presidential Election at Wikipedia
> The Candidate and Bulworth at the IMDb