2008 Republican Party presidential primaries 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries The 2008 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday, September 1, through Thursday, September 4, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota. President George W Bush was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. In a
Kevin Costner Director). The same year saw the release of "Revenge", in which he starred along with Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, directed by Tony Scott; Costner had wanted to direct it himself. Costner followed with "" (1991); the Oliver Stone-directed "JFK" (1991); "The Bodyguard" (1992); and Clint Eastwood's "A Perfect World" (1993); all of which provided box office or critical acclaim. He took the title role in the biopic "Wyatt Earp" (1994), directed by Kasdan. "The War", also made in 1994, seemed to gain little attention. The science fiction-post-apocalyptic epics "Waterworld" (1995) and "The Postman" (1997), the latter of which Costner