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

Obama's Presidential Introduction

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Barack Obama
Aug. 23, 2008

"So let me introduce to you the next president — the next vice president of the United States of America — Joe Biden."

—Obama, accidentally introducing his running mate as the "next president" at their announcement rally in Springfield, Illinois


— Katie Rooney


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