2008 Presidential Debates
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Initial Tryouts
Each performer had 30 seconds to convince a member of Congress that their act was worthy of getting to the main Campaign! stage. A set of finalists was chosen, with each giving a one-minute speech on why they should be on Campaign! in 2008. The phone lines were then opened, with America choosing who ended up going to the next round.
Response for 2008 Presidential Debates was so overwhelming that producers had to rent out two entire states, Iowa and New Hampshire, just to hold the auditions. Despite the large number of contestants, people generally agreed that the "debate" process was much better than what happened the last time voters had to pick a new Governor of California. Following the initial process, the leading performers were separated into 3 groups.
Notable Qualifiers From 2008 Presidential Debates
Red Group Performers
Red Group Performers are those who did well in the New Hampshire tryouts. Due to the deep conservatism of the New Hampshire judging panel, these people tended to perform more traditional music.
- Sam Brownback
- Rudy Giuliani
- Mike Huckabee
- Duncan Hunter
- John McCain
- Ron Paul
- Mitt Romney
- Tom Tancredo
- Fred Thompson
With his medley of patriotic songs honoring the producers of The Iraq War, John McCain was able to pull away from the field and secure victory in this group. As his duet partner McCain chose well-loved Alaskan crooner Jewel Kilcher.
Blue Group Performers
Blue Group Performers are those who did well in the Iowa Tryouts. Because the Iowa judging panel were picked from a random list of Iowa college students, these performers tended to be more adventurous in their song choices.
- Joe Biden
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Chris Dodd
- John Edward
- Mike Gravel
- Dennis Kucinich
- Barack Obama
- Bill Richardson
Mainly due to the writers strike, voters were unable to decide between the trendy alternative music of Barack Obama and the traditional Beatles songs preferred by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton was eventually disqualified due to copyright infringement, leaving Obama the winner. With Clinton out, Obama chose Biden as his duet partner.
White Group Performers
The White Group consists of performers and other interested parties who did not take part in 2008 Presidential Debates. They qualify for Campaign! because they met one or more of the following criteria:
- Qualifying by virtue of previous performances on Campaign!.
- Qualifying on the basis of their acknowledged talent.
- Qualifying by giving a large "donation" to a friendly Congressperson.
- Claims to be the current Campaign! champion.
- President Laura Roslin - Actual defending Campaign! champion
- The Cylon Choral Group - Second in most recent Campaign! season
- David Jefferson Adams - Qualified due to Supreme Court intervention
- "Acting President" Raymond Becker - Nominated by leading experts after performing several songs opposing global warming at OzzFest 2007.
- Mike Brady - Nominated for standing for "good, clean, wholesome American family values".
- President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho - Having overwhelmed all 25th Century opposition on Campaign!, Camacho used his "Time Masheen" to travel to the 21st Century and challenge current hopefuls.
- President Victor von Doom - "Benevolent President and leader of Latveria, Von Doom hopes to conquer America...with music!" (Direct quote from one of the thousands of leaflets dropped over Campaign! locations in New Hampshire and Iowa)
- "President" Henry Hayes - Disputed the results of the most recent Campaign!, now being offered a chance to try out for the show himself
- Paris Hilton - Nominated by Campaign! producers to "boost the ratings"
- "President" Paul Hollister - Nominated by the Governor of California
- "President James Marshall" - Wears a luchador mask at all times: believed to be related to former President Harrison Ford
- "President" Bobby McCallister - A teenage boy who claims that he will be the Campaign! champion in 2040
- "President" Allison Taylor - Claims to be the rightful POTUS, despite not having appeared on Campaign! before.
- Oprah Winfrey - Bought an executive producer position on Campaign! and nominated herself
Realizing that any of the above would be superior to the red and blue group nominees, the producers of 2008 Presidential Debates decided to let all of the above candidates (and possibly even more) into the Campaign! finals.
Notable Quotes From 2008 Presidential Debates
"Those guys in the red and blue groups are great for ratings and all, but let's face it, they ain't got no chance to win this thing. We only let them on the show because FOX didn't want to pay for any summer replacement shows." - Rupert Murdoch
