Help keep Salon independent

Topic: 2008 presidential election

David Plouffe, a senior adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama, is greeted by the president after introducing him at a fundraising reception at the Bridgeport Arts Center on August 12, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. On Monday Obama will begin a three-day, nine-city campaign trip through Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

David Plouffe: Be afraid of the fall

Andrew O'Hehir
John McCain and Joseph Lieberman during a news conference in Washington, Jan. 8, 2002. (AP/Dennis Cook)

Would McCain-Lieberman have won in 2008?

Matthew Rozsa
John Edwards; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Cohen tapes: Bad legal news for Trump

Heather Digby Parton
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Photo montage by Salon)

Everyone calm the hell down

Simon Maloy
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1811663p1.html'>Richie Chan</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Loopholes in Wall Street fines

Jim Hightower
Hillary Clinton (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

Asha Parker
Advertisement: