13. May 15, 2008
The Kevin James appeasement meltdown
In a conversation about Obama, a right-wing radio host makes the grave error of debating World War Two history with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, a history buff. It's probably the last time he'll try that
14. June 2, 2008
Terry McAuliffe's rum interview
The ever upbeat chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign returns from the Puerto Rico primary with a bottle in hand, and an unreasonable amount of optimism
15. June 3, 2008
The terrorist fist bump
Fox News exposes the real, sinister meaning behind an apparently affectionate gesture between Barack and Michelle Obama
16. June 7, 2008
Hillary Clinton concedes
In an emotional speech at the National Buildings Museum in Washington, DC, the former frontrunner bows out of the race
17. August 28, 2008
"America, we cannot turn back"
In the open air at Denver's Invesco Field stadium, the first black presidential nominee for a major American political party accepts the mantle
18. September 1, 2008
Campbell Brown vs Tucker Bounds
The CNN interviewer and the McCain campaign spokesman go head-to-head over the issue of Sarah Palin's experience
19. September 3, 2008
"He was a 'community organiser'... what?"
Rudy Giuliani turns rabble-rouser in an especially snide speech to the Republican Party convention in St Paul
20. September 3, 2008
Piper Palin's hair-smoothing activities
While her mother makes her introductory speech at the convention, Piper Palin tends to Trig's hair, using saliva
21. September 12, 2008
"You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska"
The first of Sarah Palin's numerous interview blunders, and the ammunition for Tina Fey's "I can see Russia from my house" sketch
22. September 24, 2008
"I'll try to find ya some and I'll bring 'em to ya"
In one of a string of embarrassing interviews with Katie Couric, Palin runs out of ideas when asked for examples of John McCain's maverickness
23. September 24, 2008
McCain suspends his campaign
David Letterman wasn't impressed, and neither, judging by the polls, were the voters
24. October 7, 2008
"That one"
The dismissive McCain debate line that exposed his disdain for Obama, and spawned a short-lived range of 'That One '08' merchandise
25. October 11, 2008
Joe the Plumber
Barack Obama's original encounter with the Ohio man whose rise to prominence in the campaign marked its last, most exhausted, weirdest weeks
