The Screwups of Campaign '08

Presidential campaigns are so carefully stage-managed that few things are as entertaining as the mistakes politicians make on the trail. Throughout the 2008 race, check out TIME.com's ongoing chronicle of each candidate's gaffes, and then vote on just how big a screwup each one is

Richardson's Sharpton Slip

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Bill Richardson
April 19, 2007

"All the good things the governor said about me are true."

—Richardson, after being introduced at a New York fundraiser by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has never held elective office.


— Katie Rooney


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