Top 25 Turning Points Of Election 2008

British newspaper The Telegraph counts down their Top 25 Turning Points of this interminable election cycle, ticking off moments from last summer through last week. How many of these items are you familiar with?

25 Romney pretends to be a hunter
24 McCain’s summer 2007 doldrums
23 Obama announces candidacy
22 The Bill Ayers robocalls
21 McCain: I am not George Bush
20 Bill’s fairy tale jibe
19 The fist bump
18 Giuliani and 9/11
17 Clinton’s Northern Ireland peace deal
16 Hillary’s tears
15 John McCain’s many homes
14 It's 3am: Who do you want answering the phone?
13 The Greek columns
12 Obama’s $150 million haul
11 Obama blows his nose
10 McCain’s Paris Hilton advert
9 The surge in Iraq
8 The Rev Wright show
7 Obama in Berlin
6 Sarah Palin’s convention speech
5 The view of Russia from Alaska
4 Joe the Plumber
3 Obama’s bitter moment
2 Obama wins in Iowa
1 'The Fundamentals of the economy are sound'

The only one I had had no idea about was:

11 Obama blows his nose

It was mid-February, the night Mr Obama beat Mrs Clinton in the Wisconsin primary, and the night, in retrospect, after which it was impossible for her to catch his total of pledged delegates. In the peak of early Obama-mania, the Democratic candidate, who was suffering from a cold, paused in the middle of his victory speech to say “Gotta blow my nose here for a second.” The audience, which the Obama campaign said totaled 17,000 supporters, broke out in applause. When the faithful applaud your sneezes, you know things are going your way.

I am SO freekin' ready for this thing to be over.