Election 2008: A Voter's Guide

by Franklin Foer (Editor)

Featuring the writers and editors of THE NEW REPUBLIC, this handbook for the 2008 presidential election contains information every citizen needs as we head into the primaries. THE NEW REPUBLIC'S  Election 2008: A Voter’s Guide includes deeply reported, psychologically rich profiles of candidates and a compendium of facts and figures about the hopefuls. Marked throughout by the irreverent wit, style, and intelligence of THE NEW REPUBLIC , this will be the indispensable guide to the 2008 election season.   Election 2008: A Voter’s Guide   · Ryan Lizza on Barack Obama’s real guru
· Michael Crowley on Hillary Clinton’s views of war and peace
· Jonathan Cohn on Mitt Romney’s uncomfortable relationship with his father 
· Thomas B. Edsall on Rudy Giuliani’s unlikely appeal 
· Jason Zengerle on John Edwards’s populist reinvention
· Michelle Cottle on the masculine charms of Fred Thompson
· Noam Scheiber on the many conversions of Sam Brownback
· John B. Judis on the electoral trends that will determine the next president  

Genres: Politics

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 2008

About the author

Franklin Foer was the editor of The New Republic (2006-10, 2012-14)and has written for Slate , New York magazine., and The Atlantic.
He has published several nonfitction books dealing with sports, technology, and globalism. Foer, who lives in Washington, D.C., is older brother of novelist Jonathan Safran Foer and freelance journalist Joshua Foer.

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nod to forgotten journalism -- focused essays (all previously printed in the New Republic) delve into one contested aspect of each candidate, and in doing so reveal much more. Why Hillary keeps the identities of her inner circle so hush-hush; Bill Richardson puzzlingly running for president yet swearing and hitting on women at a baseball game.
Maybe I shouldn't, and I guess I don't really have a good reason to, but I trust these authors. Admittedly, though, it's completely Barack-biased. But essays were all either insightful, or hilarious, plus you learn some weird facts that you never would have guessed ...
Perhaps a little late to pick up now, since most of the essay subjects have dropped from the race, but worthwhile for the devourer of politics and/or someone wanting a few laughs (read the Republican essays!)

[Yousri · Rating 3 out of 5]

i only read some of this book, when i was working in banking, and looking for political data that can effect our investments, now i'm free from this business. thank god