Windmills & Giants

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Your assignment for tonight:

Research the 2008 presidential election hopefuls. Find a candidate you like, bring his or her name to class tomorrow (11/13).

Here is an amazing site from a George Washington University graduate. Begin here if you are unsure where we are in the race, or would like to know where to find more information on each candidate. Information on Republicans and Democrats can be found under the "Candidates & Their Campaigns" link.

Here's a good site with RSS feeds for news on your candidate, stats, even a Firefox extension.

From the NY Times, another source for articles. Wouldn't it be great if we chose from these articles for Thursday? (Remember, it must be an argument, not a re-statement of occurrences.)

Here is a cool chart of the candidate's positions. (Note the source; is it unbiased?)

We will be briefly discussing this in class tomorrow, but the plan is to go straight into hardcore rhetoric. We'll see if that happens.