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Vote 2008 - Race for the White House
Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama
  U.S. Senator from Illinois
Prior Profession: Attorney; Lecturer of Constitutional Law
Born: August 4, 1961
barackobama.com
Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
Prior Profession: Naval Aviator; Businessman
Born, August 29, 1936johnmccain.com
 
 
Amount of electoral votes allocated to each state. 
Out of 538 electoral votes, 270 are required for a majority
Battleground states in the 2008 Presidential election.
(subject to change)
 
Election Day Countdown
 
 
Current Administration 
President George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
Residence: Crawford, Texas
Born: July 6, 1946
 
First Lady Laura Bush 
 
  Vice President Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice President
Residence: Wyoming
Born: January 30, 1941
 
Mrs. Lynne V. Cheney
 
 
 
President Bush's Cabinet 
Department of State (www.state.gov) Secretary Condoleezza Rice 
Department of Treasury (www.ustreas.gov) Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Department of Defense (www.defenselink.mil) Secretary Robert M. Gates 
Department of Justice (www.usdoj.gov) Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey
Department of the Interior (www.doi.gov) Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
Department of Agriculture (www.usda.gov)  Secretary Mike Johanns
Department of Commerce (www.doc.gov) Secretary Carlos Gutierrez
Department of Labor (www.dol.gov) Secretary Elaine Chao
Department of Health & Human Services (www.hhs.gov) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt
Department of Education (www.ed.gov)  Secretary Margaret Spellings
Department of Housing & Urban Development (www.hud.gov) Secretary Alphonso Jackson 
Department of Transportation (www.dot.gov) Secretary Mary E. Peters
Department of Energy (www.energy.gov) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman
Department of Veterans Affairs (www.va.gov)  Secretary Jim Nicholson
Department of Homeland Security (www.dhs.gov) Secretary Michael Chertoff
 
Cabinet Rank Members 
White House Chief of Staff  Joshua B. Bolten
Office of Management and Budget (www.omb.gov) Jim Nussle
United States Trade Representative (www.ustr.gov) Ambassador Susan Schwab
Environmental Protection Agency(www.epa.gov) Stephen Johnson
Office of National Drug Control Policy (www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov) John Walters
Other Bush Administration Members of Note 
National Security Council(NSC)  Stephen Hadley
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff(www.jcs.mil) Adm. Michael Mullen
Director of National Intelligence (www.dni.gov) John Michael McConnell
Central Intelligence Agency (www.cia.gov) Director Gen. Michael V. Hayden, USAF
Federal Bureau of Investigation (www.fbi.gov) Director Robert S. Mueller III
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino