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Thursday, August 28

On the final day of the 2008 International Leaders Forum, participants attended a panel — organized in partnership with the Center for U.S. Global Engagement — that featured international affairs advisors to the Obama presidential campaign. NDI board member and Virginia governor Mark Warner, who gave the keynote address at the Democratic convention, offered remarks at the 2008 ILF closing luncheon.

Wednesday, August 27

Participants at this day of the 2008 International Leaders Forum — organized in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Roundtable, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver — heard from panelists discussing how to enhance the role of the United States in world affairs, and addresing the continuing challenge of global poverty.

Tuesday, August 26

On the second day of ILF, guests listened to a panel of former international heads of state and government discuss how to ensure that democracy delivers, and later heard from pollsters about trends in public opinion during the 2008 United States presidential election.

Monday, August 25

The first full day of the 2008 ILF, August 25, featured panel discussions on United States politics, advertising in the U.S. presidential campaign, and perspectives on how the next U.S. president would govern. In the evening, ILF participants visited the Pepsi Center and observed the first night of speeches at the 2008 Democratic convention.

Sunday, August 24

This day of ILF featured a panel discussion on primaries, nominating conventions and
presidential debates, followed by a reception featuring remarks by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, NDI Chairman Madeleine K. Albright, NDI President Kenneth Wollack, and others.

Further Reading and Viewing

Below, you can find further reading and links related to panel discussions at the 2008 International Leaders Forum. Links will open in a new window.

Sunday, August 24

Domestic Politics and Policy Forum: The Role of Primaries, Nominating Conventions and Presidential Debates

Video: Watch C-SPAN Footage of This Panel Discussion »

• Paper: Mark A. Siegel, "The Democratic Party Presidential Nominating System":
  http://www.ndi.org/about/specialprojects/ilf/ilf2008/resources/siegel_nomination_process.pdf
• The web site of the Commission on Presidential Debates:
  http://debates.org/
• Press Release: "Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Moderators," Aug. 5, 2008:
  http://debates.org/pages/news_111908.html
• Commission on Presidential Debates' Nonpartisan Candidate Selection Criteria for 2008 General Election Debate Participation:
  http://debates.org/pages/candsel2008.html

Monday, August 25

Domestic Politics and Policy Forum:
Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Campaign – A View from the Press

• The columns of Mark Shields:
  http://www.creators.com/opinion/mark-shields.html
• The columns of Eugene Robinson:
  http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/articles/eugene+robinson/
• Commentaries by Chuck Todd:
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/?q=chuck+todd&submit=Search&id=11881780&FORM=AE&os=0&gs=1&p=1&adunitid=939&propertyid=3501
• Recent transcripts from the “Journal Editorial Report,” a weekly Fox News show hosted by Paul Gigot:
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121900241306147613.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121839058184127861.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
• A Washington Post profile of Katty Kay:
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/25/AR2007022501619.html
• Analysis of the 2008 presidential campaign by Katty Kay:
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7229827.stm
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7216845.stm
• The web site of BBC World News America:
  http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/329/index.jsp

Tuesday, August 26

Domestic Politics Forum: Strategies for Winning in November: Reading the Polls and Political Tea Leaves

• The Cook Political Report
  http://cookpolitical.com/
• Gallup
  http://www.gallup.com/HomePage.aspx
• Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
  http://www.greenbergresearch.com/index.php
• Lake Research Partners
  http://www.lspa.com/index.htm
• MSNBC’s The Morning Joe
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/
• Newsweek
  http://www.newsweek.com/
• Penn Schoen & Berland Associates
  http://www.psbresearch.com/
• Pew Research Ceneter
  http://pewresearch.org/
• the polling company, inc/WomenTrend
  http://www.pollingcompany.com/
• Public Opinion Strategies
  http://www.pos.org/
• The Southern Political Report
  http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/
• TargetPoint Consulting
  http://www.targetpointconsulting.com/
• Zogby International
  http://www.zogby.com/