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

Palin's Couric Crash

Sarah Palin
Sept. 24, 2008

"I'll try to find you some and I'll bring 'em to ya."

—Palin, after being asked by CBS' Katie Couric several times to give examples of McCain "leading the charge" for more government oversight and regulation, aside from his work on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

— Katie Rooney

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