The Final Days

Yeah, what a great piece of "reporting". If Sarah Palin is too dumb to be vice president, maybe she could apply for a job as an editor at Newsweek. John Sununu has a 100% pro-life record according to NARAL. Jeb Bradley wasn't running for Senate (you'd think the mention of Sununu, the guy really running for Senate, would have clued you in; unless you thought both senators run in the same year in NH). And you mean to tell me that Sarah Palin wouldn't go onstage with Bradley because he opposed drilling in ANWAR, when that was McCain's position as well? I'm glad I read elsewhere about this stupidity so I didn't have to waste my time reading the rest of this article where the lies and bias might not be so obvious. But then I guess I could have figured that out be seeing Eleanor Clift and Evan Thomas's names in the byline.

Jeb Bradley is identified as "a New Hampshire congressman running for the Senate." He is an ex-Congressman, who was running to win back the seat he lost in 2006. Seems like a pretty big error for a reporter to make, considering the reporter was covering an election event at which Mr. Bradley appeared...

Comment: Thank you Newsweek for this outstanding and enlightening series. I purchased a copy of thye issue, but also appreciated being able to read it online.

Thank You Newseek for this very interesting series. I bought several copies (for myself and a friend) and plan to subscribe as a result, but especially enjoyed being able to read online.

Thank you to the writer who, for the closing sentence of this excellent series, chose the word, "Americans," rather than, "Democrats," or, "Obama supporters," or any othe description of the crowd in Grant Park. He captured the moment brilliantly with one word.

brilliant precis, but in my opinion could have expznded a biy on the strategic decisions and the questionable ones like the palin medical record. All in al The US has shown what a special country it is.

ibrahim Musa LondonUK

This article was very engaging and interesting, I loved it. But it also made me so angry at the RNC and McCain's handlers! I suppose, sadly, final blame must rest with McCain, for not having the courage and fortitude to stand up to those those Bush-Cheney jackoffs and say "No, I have more pride than to sink to these dirty levels of campaigning" or "I'm not going to change who I am for this." Where was his so called honor then? They wanted to pander and look what they got ... as if the Republican party is made up only of conservative evangelicals. If I were a Republican, I'd be insulted that my party leaders thought so little of me. Think of how closer the race would have been if McCain had gone with Lieberman after all. But all in all, it's good what happened - if the man was too weak to stand up to his aides and advisors when he knew they were wrong in just his campaign, think what that would mean for a McCain White House.

Luckily we never have to.

I want to congratulate all the reporters on the 7 part story. It is one of the best pieces written about thie 2008 election. As an Obama supporter from day 1, i have closely followed this campaign from Iowa to his acceptance speech on Nov 4 in Chicago. It has been great seeing both sides of the story--what was presented to the public at the time and the journalists perceptions of what was happening that could not be reported. I also appreciated the stories about the primaries and McCain campaign. And who says print journalism or the main stream press is dead!

Amazing article. Simply stunning. Newsweek is one of my favorite magazines, keep up the good work guys and gals!!

This entire artricle was riveting from beginning to end and so beautifully written. Job well done!!

The best article in Newsweek I have ever read. My compliments to Evan Thomas and Daren Briscoe, Eleanor Clift, Katie Connolly, Peter Goldman, Daniel Stone and Nick Summers. Thank you for the tremendous work by all concerned including the editors and publishers.

The article read like a novel with me hanging on for what would happen next, even though I had kept up to date on the twists and turns of the campaign as it progressed.

Again, Well Done!

Without going into all the details on which party was at fault for what, this article was excellently written. I think that the humor that John McCain displayed both on SNL and at the roast, made him seem more human, than when he is on the stump. But overall, I am very happy with the results of the election. Great job NewsWeek.

What a fantastic piece about the campaign - really enlightening and interesting.

AWESOME serie! Thank you so much for this well written, highly interesting stories, it's a treat to read them.