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Campaign Trail
Campaign Trail

Election Day is November 4, 2008

In less than a month, the Democrats and Republicans will be getting their party started. From August 25-28, the Democratic National Convention will roll out their eco-friendly gathering in Denver. A few days later, from September 1 to 4, the Republican National Convention will get busy in Minneapolis-St Paul. (Interestingly, both are promoting cinema projects: The Dems are asking people to "share your ideas on what democracy is (or isn't)" on Cinemocracy, while the GOP just wants to know "Why are you a Republican in 2008?" on YouTube.)

We, on the other hand, just want to know what are your favorite films about political campaigns. We've asked five candidates who've covered the political process extensively to stand back from the current race and vote on their five favorite campaign films. And vote on your favorites below in the comments section. As Al Capone once said, "Vote early and vote often."


The Politicos
David Sirota

David Sirota

In the first of this week's FiveInFocus pieces, political writer and columnist David Sirota casts his ballot for the best movies about elections.

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Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein, the author of the highly lauded new book Nixonland, takes a sideways views at movies about political candidates.

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Katha Pollitt

Katha Pollitt

Katha Pollitt, the award-winning columnist for The Nation, scrutinizes five big screen political campaigns.

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Dan Rather

Dan Rather

Dan Rather, America's legendary news anchor and correspondent, reports on which five political movies get his vote.

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Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher

Jane Hamsher, founder of progressive political blog Firedoglake – and producer of Natural Born Killers – zeroes in on a quintet of lethal political movies.

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