Obama on the Cover
Magazine Cover Portrayal of the 2008 Campaign
By Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action – revised March 11, 2009
PRIMARIES–REPUBLICANS Huckabee
World New Man 2/17 7 2007 2007 Huckabee Huckabee Marathon Man The Case for How Mike Huckabee Can be the Next U.S. President Huck! Holy Huckabee! Out from the shadows Does Mike Huckabee Have a Prayer? The Audacity of Huck Photo Photo Danny Johnston/AP ?
National Review Newsweek World Politics American Conservative
9/10 12/17 12/22 1 1/28
2007 2007 2007 2008 2008
Huckabee Huckabee Huckabee Huckabee Huckabee
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Charlie Neibergall/AP Nigel Parry Charles Ommanney/Getty Images Charles Ommanney/Getty Images Chris Hiers
Romney
Weekly Standard National Review American Spectator National Journal 6/6 6/20 3 6/10 2005 2005 2006 2006 Romney and donkeys Romney Romney Romney and Mass. legislators Romney Romney Romney Romney Mitt Romney of Massachusetts Matinee Mitt Romney Rocks! Test Case Illustration Photo Photo Photo C.F. Payne Stanley Rowin: stanstudio.com Newscom AP/Elise Amendola
The New Republic National Journal National Review Time
1/1 2/10 4/30 5/21
2007 2007 2007 2007
World Newsweek Harper's Weekly Standard
5/19 10/8 11 11/26
2007 2007 2007 2007
Romney Romney Romney bobbleheads Romney windup Romney
A Mormon in the White House? Journey to the Right A CEO for the USA? Sure He Looks Like a President. But What Does Mitt... Is Romney Rolling A Morman's Journey Making Mitt Romney Is America Ready for a CEO in the White House? Mitt Romney for President
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Eddie Gay AP/Elise Amendola ? for Time by Jake Chessum Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Michael O'Neill for Newsweek David Graham Herman Mejia Photo by Lev Nisnevitch Roberto Parada
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National Review
12/31
2007
Giuliani
Reason National Review 11 8/7 2005 2006 Giuliani Giuliani in drag Rudy G's Reality Check But Will It Play in Photo Photo Gregorio Binuya/Retna Joe Demaria/AP
American Spectator New York Newsweek The New Republic American Prospect Weekly Standard
9
2006
3/5 3/12 5/21 5 8/6
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
Giuliani, Churchill, firefighter Giuliani (extreme cu) Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani and State Sen. T Gaskill Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani Giuliani
Peoria? -
Illustration
John Springs
Him? The Real Rudy Party Boy If You Knew Rudy Like I Know Rudy... See Rudy Run
Photo Photo Illustration Photos Photo
Jeffrey Lamont Brown for New York Magazine Charles Ommanney-Getty Images for Newswk Pablo Lobato art by John Ritter AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Steve Brodner Nigel Parry for the New York Times Steve Brodner Alex Gross Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images cOlivier Douliery / ABACAUSA Jacquelyn Martin/AP Chris Hiers Hanoch Piven
Harper's oNew York Times Magazine Nation The New Republic Washington Monthly Reason New York American Conservative Progressive
8 9/9 10/29 11/5 11 12 12/10 1/14 1
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008
A Fate Worse than Bush The Crusader Rudy's Dirty Money The Dystopian Rudy Awakening The Liberal Candidate Rudy vs. New York I, Rudy -
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FThompson
Weekly Standard American Spectator The New Republic National Review Newsweek World 4/23 5 7/23 8/27 9/10 9/22 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson Thompson From the Courthouse to the White House Lights, Camera, Action Who's Your Daddy Waiting on Fred Lazy Like a Fox He's In Illustration Illustration Illustration Photo Photo Photo Thomas Fluharty John Springs Roberto Parada Steve Helber/AP Keith Bedford-New York Time-Redux M. Spencer Green/AP
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World Weekly Standard 2/10 8/7 2007 2006 Hunter Brownback Barrier Riffs Mister Compassionate Conservative The Apostle Photo Illustration Jim Cole/AP Chris Gall
The New Republic
12/18
2006
Brownback
Illustration
Marc Burckhardt
World
12/23
2006
Brownback
Not your ordinary campaign stop
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Alex Brandon/AP
Republicans Not In
CQ Weekly National Review The New Republic American Spectator Weekly Standard Nation 10/24 11/7 5/8 6 10/2 10/23 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 Allen w/ football Allen w/ football Allen Allen Allen and monkey Allen and Webb Jeb Bush Would the GOP give the ball to This Guy? His Future is Now Hee Haw for President The Conservatives' President George Allen Monkeys Around Virginia's Rumbling Rebels The Best Governor in America Face-off! Photo Photo Illustration Photo Illustration Illustration CQ photo by Scott J. Ferrell AP/Steve Helber Dennis Mukai Newscom Rob Day Robert Grossman
Weekly Standard
6/12
2006
Illustration
Thomas Fluharty
National Journal
5/7
2005
Frist and Reid
Photo
CQ Weekly CQ Weekly CQ Weekly
5/16 10/3 6/19
2005 2005 2006
Frist Frist, Hastert, DeLay... Frist
The Brink What Went Wrong Here? Operation White House Newt Gingrich Wants to Save the World Scenes from the Gingrich Campaign Don't Run Newt
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Reid UPI/Landov/Roger L Wollenberg; Frist Getty Images/Alex Wong Win McNamee/Getty Images Associated Pres photo by Manuel Balce Cenata for CQ by Bill Nelson
The New Republic Weekly Standard World
7/24 3/19 4/14
2006 2007 2007
Gingrich Gingrich Gingrich
Illustration Illustration Photo
David Cowles Thomas Fluharty Time Sloan/AFP/Getty Images ? Platon Zuma Press
American Spectator oNew York Times Magazine American Conservative National Review
2 2/12 4/9
2005 2006 2007
Hagel Hagel Hagel
Ground Chuck The Republican Loner The Hagel Dilemma
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2/26
2005
Pataki
Spurious George
Illustration
Roman Genn
Also Not In
New York 12/11 2006 Bloomberg He's Serious. Photoillustrati on Photo of poster installation by Harry Stewart. Poster design Number
Weekly Standard Time
5/14 6/25
2007 2007
Bloomberg Bloomberg and Schwarzenegg er Bloomberg
The Mystery of Michael Bloomberg Who Needs Washington? The Billion Dollar Wild Card
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Seventeen. Photo by Jake Chessum for New York Magazine Thomas Fluharty for Time by Planton
Newsweek
11/12
2007
Photo
Erin Patrice O'Brien for Newsweek