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

Biden's "Barack" Bungle

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Joe Biden
Aug. 23, 2008

"This election year the choice is clear. One man stands ready to deliver the change we desperately need. A man I'm proud to call my friend. A man who will be the next president of the United States. Barack America."

—Biden, misspeaking Obama's name during his vice presidential announcement speech


— Katie Rooney


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