United States Presidential Election, 2008 (President Limbaugh)

The 2008 U.S. presidential election was won of the most unconventional in American history.

Republican presidential nomination
Republican presidential candidates


 * Sam Brownback, U.S. senator from Kansas
 * John Cox, businessman from Illinois
 * Jim Gilmore, former Governor of Virginia
 * Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of NYC
 * Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas
 * Duncan Hunter, U.S. representative from California
 * Alan Keyes, former U.N. ambassodor from Maryland
 * Rush Limbaugh, talk radio host from Florida
 * John McCain, U.S. senator from Arizona
 * Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts
 * Ron Paul, U.S. representative from Texas
 * Tom Tancredo, U.S. representative from Colorado
 * Fred Thompson, former U.S. senator from Tennessee
 * Tommy Thompson, former Governor of Wisconsin

Giuliani, Romney, and McCain were considerd the early front-runners. By November, 2007, Limbaugh, Huckabee, and Fred Thompson were also polling high in many states. By late December, 2007, Brownback, Cox, Gilmore, Hunter, Keyes, Tancredo, and Tommy Thompson had withdrawn from the race leaving only Limbaugh, Huckabee, (Fred) Thompson, Romney, McCain, Paul, and Giuliani

A Gallup poll taking in December 2007 showed the following


 * Limbaugh23%
 * Huckabee---19%
 * Giuliani---16%
 * Romney--15%
 * McCain---14%
 * Thompson---10%
 * Paul5%
 * Undecided---8%

Republican primary results
2008 Republican Primaries and Caucuses

Aftermath
After the withdraw of Huckabee, Limbaugh was the nominee. The first two things he did was launch a serch for a vice president, and second, launch 'Operation Kayos' in which he got Republican voters to support Howard Dean in the Democrat primaries inorder keep the Democrats in disorder.

In July, Limbaugh annouced that he would chose conservative columist Ann Coulter as his running-mate.

Democrat presidential nomination
Democrat presidential candidates


 * Joe Biden, U.S. senator from Delaware
 * Hillary Clinton, U.S. senator from New York
 * Howard Dean, former DNC Chairman and former Governor of Vermont
 * Chris Dodd, U.S. senator from Connecticut
 * '''John Edwards, former U.S. senator from North Carolina
 * Mike Gravel, former U.S. senator from Alaska
 * Dennis Kucinich, U.S. representative from Ohio
 * '''Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico