ONLINE READING:

The Framing Wars. New York Times Magazine, July 17, 2005.
How parties and politicians choose language to define an issue, a debate, and ultimately a story line. (link is to a 5 MB PDF file)

ISSUE: Energy/Environment

On the Issues: Climate Change. The New York Times, 2008.
Chart comparing the presidential candidates' positions on environmental policy.

Candidates Focus on Energy, Spar Over Oil Resources. PBS NewsHour, August 4, 2008.
Advisers to both campaigns discuss and debate energy policies. (You can hear this conversation as streaming audio or video, or read the transcript.)