Robert E. Denton, Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pamplin College of Business and is Professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

• Chapter 1. Identity Politics in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: An OverviewChapter 2. Symbolic Womanhood and Sarah Palin: Running Against the Feminist GrainChapter 3. "A More Perfect Union": Barack Obama's Failed Apologia and Successful Use of Identity PoliticsChapter 4. Playing the Gender Card Against the Stacked Deck: A Comparison of Senator Clinton and Governor Sarah Palin's Gender-based Apologia in the 2008 Presidential ElectionChapter 5. Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Presidential NominationChapter 6. Barack Obama and the Cosmopolitan CandidacyChapter 7. Evangelical Voters in the 2008 Republican Presidential NominationChapter 8. Deception Narratives in the 2008 Presidential CampaignChapter 9. The Challenges and Limitations of Identity Politics in a DemocracyChapter 10. Epilogue: The Rhetoric of the Destruction of American Identity and the Academy

Denton has created a collection of incisive and prescient essays that ardroitly explores the 'change' to identity politics that occurred during the 2008 presidential election. These contributors demonstrate that, from the public sphere to the academy, the 2008 election changed the way our prospective leaders communicate who they are and what they represent to the public-at-large. Understanding the nexus between identity, politics and communication has never been more important.

Robert E. Denton, Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pamplin College of Business and is Professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

• Chapter 1. Identity Politics in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: An OverviewChapter 2. Symbolic Womanhood and Sarah Palin: Running Against the Feminist GrainChapter 3. "A More Perfect Union": Barack Obama's Failed Apologia and Successful Use of Identity PoliticsChapter 4. Playing the Gender Card Against the Stacked Deck: A Comparison of Senator Clinton and Governor Sarah Palin's Gender-based Apologia in the 2008 Presidential ElectionChapter 5. Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Presidential NominationChapter 6. Barack Obama and the Cosmopolitan CandidacyChapter 7. Evangelical Voters in the 2008 Republican Presidential NominationChapter 8. Deception Narratives in the 2008 Presidential CampaignChapter 9. The Challenges and Limitations of Identity Politics in a DemocracyChapter 10. Epilogue: The Rhetoric of the Destruction of American Identity and the Academy

Denton has created a collection of incisive and prescient essays that ardroitly explores the 'change' to identity politics that occurred during the 2008 presidential election. These contributors demonstrate that, from the public sphere to the academy, the 2008 election changed the way our prospective leaders communicate who they are and what they represent to the public-at-large. Understanding the nexus between identity, politics and communication has never been more important.

Robert E. Denton, Jr. holds the W. Thomas Rice Chair of Leadership Studies in the Pamplin College of Business and is Professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

• Chapter 1. Identity Politics in the 2008 Presidential Campaign: An OverviewChapter 2. Symbolic Womanhood and Sarah Palin: Running Against the Feminist GrainChapter 3. "A More Perfect Union": Barack Obama's Failed Apologia and Successful Use of Identity PoliticsChapter 4. Playing the Gender Card Against the Stacked Deck: A Comparison of Senator Clinton and Governor Sarah Palin's Gender-based Apologia in the 2008 Presidential ElectionChapter 5. Gender and Race in the 2008 Democratic Presidential NominationChapter 6. Barack Obama and the Cosmopolitan CandidacyChapter 7. Evangelical Voters in the 2008 Republican Presidential NominationChapter 8. Deception Narratives in the 2008 Presidential CampaignChapter 9. The Challenges and Limitations of Identity Politics in a DemocracyChapter 10. Epilogue: The Rhetoric of the Destruction of American Identity and the Academy

Denton has created a collection of incisive and prescient essays that ardroitly explores the 'change' to identity politics that occurred during the 2008 presidential election. These contributors demonstrate that, from the public sphere to the academy, the 2008 election changed the way our prospective leaders communicate who they are and what they represent to the public-at-large. Understanding the nexus between identity, politics and communication has never been more important.