Can I get a brief description of the 08 election to this point???

Answer 1

Several candidates announced that they were running for president -- Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Dodd, Biden, Kucinich, Richardson, and Gravel on the Democratic side; McCain, Huckabee, Giuliani, Romney, Tommy Thompson, Hunter, Tancredo, Brownback, Paul, and Gilmore on the Republican. Several others announced that they would not be running for President -- primarily Warner, Bayh, and Vilsick on the Democratic side. The candidates started raising money.

Candidates started dropping out on the Republican side -- namely Gilmore, Tommy Thompson, and Brownback. Another candidate, Fred Thompson, got in on the Republican side.

To date, Clinton and Obama have raised the most money and have almost $50 million each in the bank. Giuliani has raised the most money on the Republican side and has about $20 million in the bank. Romney has already loaned his campaing $17 million and has plenty more where that came from. Edwards has a decent amount of money left. Most of the rest of the candidates are currently at $10 million or less.

They have had a lot of debates on both sides. With a handful of exceptions, these debates show very little in terms of policy differences between the major candidates in each party. On the Republican side, Paul has stood out as the only anti-war isolationist candidate and Giuliani has stood out as the only openly pro-choice candidate.

The polls show Clinton leading the Democratic field by a margin that (if it does not change between now and the voting) would be enough to get her the nomination (given the proportional representation system used to award Democratic delegates). Giuliani leads in the Republican polls but it is unclear how those numbers translate to individual states. As such, given the Republican Rules (a winner take all system in each congressional district and each state), these poll numbers may or may not translate into a strong lead. It also does not indicate what would happen when one or more candidates drop out after Iowa and New Hampshire.

The states have been trying to leapfrog each other to get first. The Democrats have punished Florida and may punish Michigan by stripping them of all their delegates. The Republicans have punished the same states by cutting the number of delegates in half. At the present time, the Iowa Caucuses are scheduled for January 3rd. The New Hampshire Primary has not been scheduled but everyone thinks it will be set for January 8th. Twenty states are holding primaries on February 5th (including New York and California). Four large states (including Texas and Ohio) are currently set for March 4th. No large states are set for after March 4th.

Answer 2

Sure. many canadates anounced their presidency last year like, Hillary Clinton, and Barak Obama who are running for democratic nomination. While on the republican side; mayor guilliani, and senator Macain are running. Fairly recently Steven Colbert annonced he was running for president for both parties in South Carolina. Hillary Clinton has more points in the polls for democrats and Mayor Guilliani is leading in the republican polls. Recently CNN did a poll showing that between the leaders that it is almost a tie and Hillary clinton is leading by a small amount so it is going to be a tight race.

Answer 3

Giulliani wins it all with a huge margin in the popular vote!

Answer 4

No. It is still 2008.

Answer 5

Here is as brief as I can do: It hasn't happened yet. :)

Answer 6

Mitt Romney is the winner!

Hillary is the big looser.

Answer 7

Briefly, it hasn't happened yet.

Answer 8

Socialism (D)Vs. Democracy (R).