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On the 2008 Campain Trail

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Confetti litters the floor of a hotel ballroom in Nashua, N.H., after Sen. John McCain's victory party.

Candidate McCain
Candidate McCain
Sen. McCain, R-Ariz.,the Republican nominee for president, waits in the wings to see who he will face off with in November.
Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Candidate Clinton
Candidate Clinton
Although former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has focused on experience as a theme of her presidential campaign, rivals say her time in the White House cuts both ways.
Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times

Candidate Obama
Candidate Obama
Barack Obama has made a point of reaching out to people tired of divisive politics. He stepped onto the national stage in 2004 with a speech on the "audacity of hope" at the Democratic National Convention.
Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times

Candidate Thompson
Candidate Thompson
Tennessee senator and "Law & Order" actor Fred Thompson changed the calculus of the campaign with a simple statement to a national TV audience: "I'm running for president of the United States."
Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times

Candidate Romney
Candidate Romney
Mitt Romney counted on strong family support in his bid for the White House. Josh, one of Romney's five adult sons, has visited all 99 counties in Iowa on behalf of his father.
Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times

Candidate Huckabee
Candidate Huckabee
During his 10½ years as governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee was regarded as a different brand of Republican — a governor with an idiosyncratic agenda that was sometimes difficult to categorize, but always shaped by his religious beliefs.
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times

Candidate Giuliani
Candidate Giuliani
Rudolph W. Giuliani -- just Rudy to many people -- got off to a fast start in the race for president, but a decision not to campaign in the Northeast early on proved to be damaging.
Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times