Gerald Said:

Can someone help me? What are the presidential candidate's campaigns about and who is leading in a nut shell?

We Answered:

http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dash… Click on the National tab and you can see an overview of which candidate is leading in which states and an overall view of the basics of each candidate.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/… Provides an overview of each candidates stance on a variety of issues

George Said:

What's a good source to find presidential candidates' campaign contributions?

We Answered:

OpenSecrets
who gives: http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/in…
who gets: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/
presidential race 08: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.…

Andy Said:

How do American Presidential Candidates Campaign to potential voters?

We Answered:

Running for president requires a lot of cramming for speeches and interviews. Presidential candidates have hundreds of advisers that are experts in their field telling the candidates talking points so they come off as experts on everything. They also have teams of investigators and lawyers digging for dirt on the other candidate. Then Candidates hit the campaign trail. They hold rally's, town hall meetings, give speeches and regurgitate everything their advisers tell them and try to come off as genuinely knowledgeable. In order for the candidates to go on the campaign trail they need volunteers and grassroots organizations to ramp up community participation so they have a large turn outs for each event.

I would concentrate my report on the grassroots part of presidential campaigns

Mary Said:

Why do presidential candidates campaign if the average American citizen vote does not matter?

We Answered:

it's not a waste..i used to agree with you on the electoral college, but the principle is a good one, it is intended to not let a high population state run away with the election every time..if it were just popular vote, they would spend all their time in the big cities, policies would be directed to them and them only. the electorate system needs to been changed, it needs to be made clear how the electors are selected, maybe they need to be done away with and a simple calculation installed...however...the elections that have been lost with a higher popular vote...nope, the system worked...it's funny how usually libs are the ones that are against this system, yet the idea of it is "leveling the playing field". very rare is the case that an electorate votes against the wishes of his area voters..

Marilyn Said:

Two ways in which media and presidential candidates have contributed to candidate centered campaigns.?

We Answered:

Tried and true method is to overwhelm your opposition, as in Obammm's case the use of using unlimited, illegally gotten monies.

Dwayne Said:

How do independent presidential candidates finance their campaigns?

We Answered:

They can use their own money. Like Bloomberg who could probably just drop 100 million like a gum change.