Johnny Reid Edwards is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry,losing to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.
Joseph Patrick Lockhart is a spokesman and communications consultant,best known for being the 21st White House Press Secretary from October 5,1998 to September 29,2000,during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Previously,he had worked as press secretary for several Democratic politicians,including Walter Mondale,Paul Simon,and Michael Dukakis. Following his work as press secretary in the Clinton administration,he was an advisor to John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign. He subsequently founded and became managing director of the communications consulting firm The Glover Park Group,worked for Facebook from 2011 to 2012,and was executive vice president of communications and public affairs for the NFL from 2016 to 2018.
The 2004 presidential campaign of John Kerry,the longtime U.S. senator from Massachusetts,began when he formed an exploratory committee on December 1,2002. On September 2,2003,he formally announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination. After beating John Edwards,Howard Dean,Wesley Clark,and other candidates in the primaries,he became the Democratic nominee,challenging Republican incumbent George W. Bush in the general election. Kerry selected Edwards as his running mate.
The 2004 United States presidential election was the 55th quadrennial presidential election,held on Tuesday,November 2,2004. The Republican ticket of incumbent President George W. Bush and his running mate incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney were elected to a second term,defeating the Democratic ticket of John Kerry,a United States senator from Massachusetts and his running mate John Edwards,a United States senator from North Carolina.
The term swiftboating is a pejorative American neologism used to describe an unfair or untrue political attack. The term is derived from the name of the organization "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" because of their widely publicized—and later discredited—political smear campaign against 2004 U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry. Since the 2004 election,the term has come to commonly refer to a political attack that is dishonest,personal,and unfair.
James Ferguson "Jay" Carney is an American public relations officer,political advisor,and journalist who served as the United States' White House Press Secretary from 2011 to 2014,and Amazon's Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs from 2015 to 2022.
United States President Barack Obama,a member of the Democratic Party,was endorsed or supported by some members of the Republican Party and by some political figures holding conservative views in the 2008 election. Although the vast majority of Obama's support came from liberal constituencies,some conservatives identified in him shared priorities or other positive attributes. As in any election,voters can and sometimes do cross party lines to vote for the other party's nominee. Republican and conservative Obama supporters were often referred to as "Obama Republicans","Obamacans" or "Obamacons".
Jonathan Edward Favreau is an American political commentator,podcaster,and the former director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4,2008,as a part of the 2008 United States presidential election throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose nine representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Christopher P. Lu is a Chinese American political advisor who serves as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform. He is also an alternative representative to the United Nations General Assembly during his tenure as Representative for Management and Reform. In the Obama administration,Lu served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Labor from 2014 to 2017,the White House Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President from 2009 to 2013,and the co-chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Lu graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and from Harvard Law School,where he was a classmate of Obama's.
Ellen Moran is the Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of Pittsburgh. She previously served as Chief of Staff at the US Department of Commerce under Secretary Gary Locke from April 2009 to August 2011. She previously held the position of White House Communications Director. Her predecessor was Kevin Sullivan,who held the position under the Bush administration. Prior to her post at the White House,she was executive director of EMILY's List.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 4,2008,which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 4,2008. Voters chose five representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2008 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2008 presidential campaign of Evan Bayh,Democratic Senator and 46th Governor of Indiana,began shortly after the 2004 presidential election.
The post-presidency of Bill Clinton began on January 20,2001 following the end of Bill Clinton's second term as president. Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States,serving from 1993 to 2001. After he left office,he continued to be active in the public sphere,touring the world,writing books,and campaigning for Democrats,including his wife,Hillary Clinton,who served as the junior U.S. senator from New York between 2001 and 2009 and the 67th United States Secretary of State between 2009 and 2013,on her presidential campaigns in 2008,in which she was runner-up for the Democratic nomination,and in 2016,when she lost the election to Donald Trump. After Clinton left office,he ended up forming a close friendship with George H. W. Bush and later,with George W. Bush.
Joshua Ryan Henry Earnest is an American political advisor who served as White House press secretary under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017. He was Obama's third Press Secretary and the 29th to hold the position. He succeeded Jay Carney as Obama's press secretary,in 2014,and was succeeded by President Donald Trump's first presidential press secretary,Sean Spicer. He is Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for United Airlines.
Bill Burton is an American political consultant and communication strategist who served as Deputy White House Press Secretary in the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2011.
Brian Edward Fallon Jr. is an American political activist. He was the national press secretary for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign,a role he began in March 2015.
