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McCain's 'Straight Talk Express' for Sale

ABC News' Alessandra Sozio reports: The McCain campaign ran out of gas on election day, but its "big wheels keep on turning." Sen. McCain's iconic campaign bus has been put up for sale on busforsale.com. Listed price? $89,000. That might...

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April 3, 2009 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

Obama, Palin & Alfalfa

ABC News' Stu Schutzman reports: Barack Obama and Sarah Palin will share a stage this weekend. According to Politico.com, they are both slated to speak at the annual Alfalfa club dinner in Washington. Alfalfa's annual dinner is held every January...

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January 29, 2009 in Obama, Barack, Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

Obama Honors McCain at Bipartisan Dinner

On the eve of the inauguration, Barack Obama honored Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz -- the man he defeated in the race for the White House. "…What makes John such a rare and courageous public servant is not the accomplishments themselves,...

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January 19, 2009 in Inauguration, Obama, Barack, President 44, Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Wonderful Message From Some Wonderful Kids

Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Barack Obama -- and being a black child in America -- from a wonderful and gifted group of children. You won't regret it. Click here...

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January 19, 2009 in Inauguration, Obama, Barack, President 44, Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Former Plantation Areas Vote Blue

As our country prepares to swear-in its first African-American president, our Robert Krulwich noticed an interesting pattern related to voters who helped put Barack Obama in the White House. He recently dug deeper into the red and blue voting blocks...

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January 16, 2009 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Joe The Plumber, War Correspondent

The man who not long ago fixed toilets -- then morphed into an icon for some, a punching bag for others on the presidential campaign trail -- is now headed to the Middle East. A conservative website seems to think...

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January 7, 2009 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

Palin Says No To Pay Raise

It has been a while since the name Sarah Palin popped up. But it did today...the AP reporting that the Alaskan Governor is saying no to a proposed pay raise. The Alaskan legislature is considering upping her pay from $125,000...

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December 18, 2008 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (16)

We Have Winners!

In the week prior to Election Day we asked you for predictions -- the electoral count, and the popular vote. We figured we would be able to announce the winners soon afterwards. But then Missouri interceded. As you probably know,...

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November 20, 2008 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

Palin & The Press -- Should She Have Spoken Up More?

"I would have preferred more opportunity to speak to the media more often, because there were a lot of things that I think it could have, should have said that could have, would have helped John McCain." That's what Sarah...

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November 11, 2008 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (23)

Snapshots From The Morning After

From Senior Producer Tom Nagorski: There was no real reason to be up so early. We'd been up late last night, but perhaps the adrenaline of events and challenge of covering the day after were making sleep hard to come...

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November 5, 2008 in Vote 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (5)