KC Johnson

• Heilemann and Halperin, Game Change (2nd excerpt)
• Kevin Donnelly and David Rochefort, “The Lessons of ‘Lesson Drawing’: How the Obama Administration Attempted to Learn from Failure of the Clinton Health Plan,” Journal of Policy History (2012).
• George Packer, “The Empty Chamber,” New Yorker
• Ryan Lizza, “How Obama Won,” New Yorker
• Tom Goldstein, “We’re Getting Conflicting Reports,” scotusblog.com
• Jack Balkin, “The Not-so-happy Anniversary of the Debt Ceiling Crisis,” Atlantic

2008 election map:

2008 Senate results (Minnesota eventually went to the Democrats after a lengthy recount)

Saturday Night Live recreates the Couric-Palin interview: