Events and Programs

Election Resources, Autumn 2008

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2008 Election

The Buying of the President 2008: How--and Why--the Race for the Nation's Highest Office has Moved from the Voting Booth to the Auction Block by Bill Buzenberg and the Center for Public

Integrity. 324.7809

The Contenders by Laura Flanders ... [et al]. 324.70973 C767c

Election 2008: A Voter's Guide by Franklin Foer and the editors of The New Republic. 324.9730931 El25e

Fleeced: How Barack Obama, Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats, Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio, the Do-Nothing Congress, Companies that Help Iran, and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments are Scamming Us-- and What to Do About It by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann. 320.973 M831f

Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America by Lee A. Daniels. 324.08996073 D228l

Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of Democracy, 2000-2008 edited by Mark Crispin Miller. 324.9730931

Mike's Election Guide 2008 by Michael Moore. 324.60973 M785m

Right is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe (and What You Need to Know to End the Madness) by Arianna Huffington. 320.973090511 H872r

Biden

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics by Joseph Biden. 328.73092 B474b

McCain

Citizen McCain by Elizabeth Drew. 328. 73092 M123d

Free Ride: John McCain and the Media by David Brock and Paul Waldman. 328.73092 M123b

Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir by John McCain ; with Mark Salter.

Obama

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama. 973.04960730092 Ob1a

Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest by John K. Wilson. 328.73092 Ob1w

Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics by Martin Dupuis and Keith Boeckelman. 328.73092 Ob1d

A Bound Man: Why We are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win by Shelby Steele. 328.73092 Ob1s

The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate by David Freddoso.

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. 973.04960730092 Ob1o 2004

Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell. 973.04960730092 Ob1m

Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency by Robert Kuttner. 330.973

The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality by Jerome R. Corsi. 328.73092 Ob1c

What's Wrong with Obamamania?: Black America, Black Leadership, and the Death of Political Imagination by Ricky L. Jones. 973.0496073 J724w

Palin

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down by Kaylene Johnson. 324.9 JOH

Online Election Resources:

AltWeeklies.com: 2008 Presidential Campaign - compilation of news stories and commentary concerning the 2008 U.S. presidential election, from more than 100 alternative U.S. and Canadian newsweeklies. Entries include headline, brief story summary, author, publication, and option to email the stories. Also includes links to the full stories. Listed chronologically. From the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies.

Election News from National Public Radio - news reports from NPR about the issues, voting groups, state races, and the latest from the campaign trail.

Electoral Votes - track the election with a red/blue map of the US updated daily using a state-by-state tracker. As new state polls are released, the maps, spreadsheets, tables, graphs, etc. are updated.

The Onion: War for the White House - this satirical publication's coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential election features "news" stories, humorous candidate profiles and candidate statements on key issues, videos, and a creative description of the election process. From the Onion, which "is not intended for readers under 18 years of age."

PolitiFact.com - this website was created "to help voters separate fact from falsehood in the 2008 presidential campaign. Journalists and researchers from the [ St. Petersburg] Times and CQ [Congressional Quarterly] will fact-check the accuracy of speeches, TV ads, interviews and other campaign communications." Searchable; or browse the site's "Truth-O-Meter" by candidate, subject, political party, and other factors. Includes related articles and in-depth features.

Polling - collection of polls from various sources about the potential candidates for the US presidential election.

Project Vote Smart - at Project Vote Smart, Americans young and old volunteer their time, take no money from special interest groups, and have committed themselves to an extraordinary effort that, if successful, will provide their fellow citizens with the tools for a reemergence of political power not known for half a century. Their idea is one you may have thought of yourself. It is a deceptively simple concept but enormously difficult to achieve and would not be possible without the collaboration of citizens willing to lay their partisan differences aside for this one crucial task. Find the 2008 Voter's Self Defense Manual at Project Vote Smart.

Vote by Issue Quiz - this quiz helps you "[l]earn about the [2008 presidential] candidates through their platforms, not their personalities. [It] features some of the issues that have gained traction this campaign season." Also includes an "Election Issues" section (top menu, once you enter the quiz) with candidates' statements about health care, immigration, energy, Iraq, abortion, and other issues. From WBUR and the Online NewsHour.

Reuters Election 2008 - global coverage of the 2008 candidates from the world's largest international multimedia news agency.

Local Voting Resources:

Obama-Biden "Madison Campaign for Change" Headquarters
1709 Monroe St.
Madison, WI 53711
(608) 255-0411
Email form available on the Obama-Biden website.

Politics Reference and Research - the library's handy listing of your local representatives, political parties, voting information and more.