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

Mistakes Were Made

Clinton's Bill Problem

Bill Clinton
Jan. 26, 2008

"Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88. Jackson ran a good campaign. And Obama ran a good campaign here."

—Bill Clinton, downplaying the significance of Obama's win in the key primary state, alluding to the senator's substantial African American support. Jackson later said he "didn't read anything negative into Clinton's observation," adding that his main worry is that Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton will "bloody themselves" so much that they won't be able to unite against the Republicans in November.

— M.J. Stephey

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