Now that America has become familiar with President-elect Barack Obama's political agenda, the country has taken interest in the soon-to-be president's personal quirks and preferences. A clip surfaced of Obama on Check Please! Chicago, a Chicago series that features locals reviewing restaurants.
on Yahoo! |
Hillary Clinton may not have won the presidency, but she did prevail as CitizenSugar readers' favorite woman in power of 2008. With 45 percent of the votes going to Hillary, Condoleezza Rice placed a distant second with 17 percent.
While she won't start 2009 as the nation's first female president, Hillary will most likely be the face of America abroad, serving as the top-US diplomat.
on Yahoo! |
The Presidential candidates worked the late-night talk show circuit during the 2008 campaign, making more than four times the number of appearances with Letterman, Jay Leno, Jon Stewart, and the likes than the 2004 lineup did, according to new research.
Candidates showed off their face-to-face skills with 110 appearances on late-night comedy shows, a sharp shoot up from 25 in 2004, according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs. Fifty of those spots occurred before the primary votes were even cast, offering the chance for candidates to show their comedic chops and create ideal YouTube or cable news sound bites.
on Yahoo! |
Out of all of 2008's biggest headlines, the election of Barack Obama may be the most significant. We started off 2008 with little idea that Barack Obama would be America's president-elect come year's end. A long road of formidable opponents, record fundraising, and dozens of debates led Obama to the White House.
on Yahoo! |
CitizenSugar readers apparently care about results! Barack Obama's victory speech won favorite Barack Obama moment of 2008, beating out all the other choices having to do with Obama's path to the White House.
On election night Obama greeted the world from Chicago's Grant Park, exclaiming that:
Change has come to America.
on Yahoo! |
John McCain's graceful concession speech on Nov. 4 won the award for CitizenSugar readers' favorite John McCain moment of 2008. As many of you said in the comments, the fact that McCain lost did not make this your favorite moment, but rather the quality of the speech swayed you.
on Yahoo! |
First Lady Laura Bush can host opulent diplomat dinners, but can she still stir the pots? As the first lady and her husband, President George W. Bush, get ready to move out of the White House next month, they're looking forward to returning to the humdrum of everyday life.
on Yahoo! |
While the McCain campaign sometimes appeared reluctant to let VP nominee Sarah Palin talk to the press, her interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric proved to be CitizenSugar readers' favorite Sarah Palin moments of 2008.
When Charlie asked Sarah if she hesitated over her level of experience when McCain asked her aboard the Straight Talk Express, Palin said: "I didn’t hesitate, no . .
on Yahoo! |
Not long after Sarah Palin sled into the national limelight, rumors started circulating that Trig, her newborn son, was not her fifth born, but really the son of her 17-year-old daughter Bristol. Stop the press, Sarah said, that's impossible. And then she threw down what is probably the greatest comeback in the I-didn't-pretend-to-have-my-daughter's-baby genre ever: She's pregnant now.
on Yahoo! |
Biggest News Story: Tech Takes Over the Election Technology and the Internet played an unprecedented role in the 2008 presidential campaign. Blogs and media followed every move, speech, rally, and poll while the candidates integrated streaming video and text messages into their campaign strategies. Here's a look back at some of the revolutionary ways technology took over the election.
on Yahoo! |
Enter your email below:
|
