The early presidential campaign of 2008: the good, the historical, but rarely the bad / Judith S. Trent -- The 2008 presidential nominating conventions: fighting for change / Rachel L. Holloway -- Constituting contrasting communities: the 2008 nomination acceptance addresses / Craig Allen Smith -- The 2008 presidential debates / Robert V. Friedenberg -- Identity politics and the 2008 presidential campaign / Robert E. Denton, Jr. -- Clinton, post-feminism and rhetorical reception on the campaign trail / Ashli Quesinberry Stokes -- McCain's issue framing in 2008: the environment as freedom and a commodity / Karl R. Smerecnik, George N. Dionisopoulos -- Pop goes the campaign: the repopularization of politics in Election 2008 / Jeffrey P. Jones -- Presidential campaign cartoons and political authenticity: visual reflections in 2008 / Janis L. Edwards -- Videostyle in the 2008 presidential advertising / Lynda Lee Kaid -- The Web, Campaign 07-08, and engaged citizens: political, social, and moral consequences / Bruce E. Gronbeck -- Explaining the vote in the election of 2008: the Democratic revival / Henry C. Kenski, Kate M. Kenski.