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
Barack Obama
June 14, 2007
"It was a dumb mistake on our campaign's part and I made it clear to my staff in no uncertain terms that it was a mistake."
—Obama, after his campaign released a memo entitled "Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab), criticizing the Clintons' financial ties to India, where, the memo said, American jobs are being outsourced.
— Brendan Lowe
• Obama Calls Memo "Dumb Mistake"
• The PM Line
• Memo 1
• Memo 2
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