Mistakes Were Made
- Palin's Phone Prank
- Palin's Not So Biggest Fan
- Palin's Protected Speech?
- McCain's "Role Model" Goes Rogue
- McCain's No-Show Joe
- McCain's Philosophy Flub
- Palin Gets Lieberman's Un-Endorsement
- Palin's Wardrobe Wipe Out
- Biden Fails the Crisis "Test"
- Palin's Primary Miseducation
- Palin's UnReal Remark
- Biden's Counting Conundrum
- McCain's Name-Calling
- Obama's Socialist Secret?
- McCain's Prisoner Dilemma
- McCain's "That One" Mess
- McCain's Misogyny?
- Palin's "McClellan" Mix-Up
- Palin's Roe v. Wade Confusion
- Palin's Reading Rainbow
- Off-Color Approval
- Palin's Border War
- Palin's Couric Crash
- McCain's Skipped Reading
- McCain's Freddie Mac Miscue
- Biden's Failed "International Crisis"
- Joe Biden's Stimulus Stumble
- Palin's Bonds Bumble
- McCain's Intriguing Invention
- McCain's CEO Slip-Up
- McCain's Weak Fundamentals
- McCain's Spain Snafu
- Palin's Doctrine?
- An Unlikely Endorsement
- Obama's Penn State Fumble
- A "Stand Up" Slipup
- Biden's Palin Demotion
- Obama's "Muslim" Mishap
- McCain's Green Screen, Take 2
- Palin's Takeover Tale
- Palin's Pledge of Allegiance
- McCain's ER Care Plan
- Obama's Geography Goof
- Biden's "Barack" Bungle
- Obama's Presidential Introduction
- McCain's Housing Crisis
- McCain's Rich Index
- McCain's Surge Screw-up
- McCain's Geography Glitch
- Obama's Muslim Snub
- McCain's "Czechoslovakia" Confusion
- Obama's History Lesson
- Obama's Unfriendly Behavior
- Clinton's RFK Tribute?
- McCain's Gramm Gaffe
- Obama's Translation Trip-Up
- McCain's Tobacco Warning
- McCain's Lobbyist Loss
- McCain's Social Security "Disgrace"
- Clinton's Color Barrier
- Obama's Presumptuous Presidential Seal
- Obama's "Bitter" Bungle
- McCain's Terrorism Tussle
- Clinton's Colombia Crash
- Clinton's Middle East Mishap
- Obama's "Typical" Grandma
- McCain's Unruly Underlings
- McCain's Sunni/Shi'ite Slip
- McCain's Hapless Halloween
- Clinton's Sniper Misfire
- Obama's Power Outage
- Clinton's Race Rationale
- Obama's Pastor Problem
- McCain's Hagee Moment
- McCain's Freudian Slip
- McCain's "Hussein" Hiccup
- Obama's NAFTAgate
- Obama's "Proud" Wife
- Obama's Word Game
- Clinton's Bill Problem
- Clinton's BET Backer
- Clinton's MLK Mischaracterization
- Romney's Mistaken March
- Huckabee's Ghost Ad
- Huckabee's Pakistan Problems
- Huckabee's Mormon Mess
- Clinton's Drug Dilemma
- Clinton's Forwarding Firing
- Huckabee's Intelligence Failure
- Clinton's Kindergarten Kicker
- Clinton's War Dance
- Mitt's Muslim Cabinet
- Romney's Push Poll Problem
- McCain's Swearing Supporters
- Rudy's Tortured Past
- Rudy's Health Care Hiccup
- Kucinich's Alien Encounter
- Biden's Education Gap
- Obama's Gospel Glitch
- Romney's Anti-Terror Misfire
- Tancredo's Turf War
- McCain's Mormon Mix-Up
- Thompson's Judgment Call
- McCain's Christian Notion
- Rudy's Busy Signal
- Rudy's Got a Gun
- Romney's Legal Debate
- Rudy's Speech Police
- Thompson's Drilling Debacle
- Romney's Medical Error
- Richardson's Acronym Accident
- Thompson's Schiavo Slip
- McCain's MoveOn Misfire
- Phoney Romney?
- Rudy to the Rescue
- Romney's Parental Patriotism
- Tancredo's Holy War
- Thompson's Tax Dodge
- Romney Gets Lost in MySpace
- Romney Plays Cops and Robbers
- Romney's Photo Flop
- Richardson's Foul Ball
- Romney's Clark Griswold Moment
- Hillary's (Out of) Tune
- Obama's Bad Call
- Huckabee's Grand Gitmo
- Huckabee's Belated Birthday Wish
- Giuliani's Mormon Miscue
- Edwards' Cliff Notes
- Richardson Switch Hits
- McCain's Wild Shot
- Rudy's Poor Harvest
- Romney Double Downs on Gitmo
- Romney's Family Values
- Obama Crunches the Numbers
- Romney's French Twist
- Romney's Science Friction
- Richardson's Sharpton Slip
- Romney's Reich Turn
- McCain Bombs On Stage
- Richardson Goes Gonzo
- Edwards' Hairy Cut
- Rudy's Price Check
- Romney's Hunting Accident
- McPeak's McCarthy Comparison
- Giuliani Goes Multiple Choice
- McCain's Iraq Marketing
- Rudy's Two-for-One Special
- Obama Plays Dumb
- McCain's Tar Baby
- McCain Gets Stumped
- Romney Gets Lost in Translation
- McCain's Wasted Words
- Romney's French Boogeyman
- Hillary and the Foreign Media
- Hillary's Hollywood Shuffle
- Edwards' Blogging Backtrack
- Hillary's Oil Slip
- A Dubious Compliment
- Edwards' Separate Peace
- Rudy Plugs a Leak
- Romney Dodges the Surge
- Edwards Plays Games with Wal-Mart
- Huckabee's Bad Taste
- Biden's State of Confusion
- Diversity in Delaware?
Poll Results
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