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Breaking Political News |
 | 30-06-2008 3 Dems top VP preferences in poll; Huckabee leads GOP Here is the third round of results in "VP-poll-ooza," in which Star readers speculate on whom Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama will select as their running mates |
 | 30-06-2008 McCain coming to Indy, will try to win over former Bush donors WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain has plenty of untapped wallets to mine when he arrives in Indianapolis on Tuesday for his first Indiana fundraiser as the presumptive GOP nominee for president. |
 | 30-06-2008 Bill Clinton to meet with Obama, campaign official says CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are expected to meet in the next few days, according to the chairman of Sen. Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential bid. |
 | 23-06-2008 Huckabee, Watts top VP picks in our poll Mike Huckabee continues to be the the clear front runner in "VP-poll-ooza." With almost 90 percent of those who responded to the Star's online poll saying that they preferred the former governor of Arkansas to be the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona, we suspect ballot-box stuffing. |
 | 23-06-2008 Obama campaign targets black voters -- carefully Strategists believe they've identified a new and potentially decisive Democratic electorate in at least five battleground states. The trick lies in wooing them without alienating whites. |
 | 23-06-2008 Sen. McCain offers $300 million prize for new auto battery John McCain hopes to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. |
| 23-06-2008 Sen. McCain offers $300 million prize for new auto battery John McCain hopes to solve the country's energy crisis with cold hard cash. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. |
 | 20-06-2008 Obama criticizes McCain on offshore drilling CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama said Friday that presidential rival John McCain's proposal to allow offshore drilling "makes absolutely no sense at all" as he headed to Florida to put the Republican on the spot over the issue. |
 | 20-06-2008 Clinton, Huckabee frontrunners for vice president … on Facebook WASHINGTON (CNN) – In an election that's been indelibly shaped by the Internet, veepstakes speculation is alive and well on Facebook, world's sixth most-trafficked Web site. |
 | 20-06-2008 McCain Double-Talk on Immigration? Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met Wednesday evening with Hispanic Republicans in Chicago. |
 | 17-06-2008 The Race Factor in the 2008 Presidential Election Noemie Emery does me the honor of quoting me at length—and improving on my work—in the current Weekly Standard. Like me, she dissents from the view that Barack Obama is being rejected because of his race. Rather, some voters don't like the particular kind of person he is. |
 | 17-06-2008 Gore endorses Obama and attacks Bush in Detroit DETROIT (AP) — Al Gore made his debut in the 2008 presidential campaign Monday night, encouraging voters to back Barack Obama because "take it from me, elections matter." |
| 17-06-2008 Huckabee, Richardson top readers' VP poll Mike Huckabee is the clear front runner in "VP-poll-ooza." More than 54 percent of readers who responded to the Star's online poll said they preferred the former governor of Arkansas to be the running mate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain of Arizona. |
 | 16-06-2008 Barack Obama talks manufacturing in Michigan Obama calls for a ‘commitment to 21st century infrastructure,’ including a green energy sector to bring jobs to the region. John McCain defends his gas tax plan. |
 | 16-06-2008 McCain Asks To Lift Offshore Drilling Bans ARLINGTON, VA. – As John McCain rolls out his energy policy this week, he called for a lifting of the federal moratorium preventing states from exploring for oil off of their coasts. “They have to be lifted so that states can make those decisions,” McCain said. “I’m not dictating to the states that they drill or they engage in oil exploration, I am saying that the moratoria should be lifted so that they have the opportunity to do so. By the way, I would also like to see perhaps additional incentives…in the form of tangible financial rewards if the states decide to lift those moratoria.” |
| 16-06-2008 Huckabee joins Fox News as political commentator Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential hopeful, has been hired by Fox News Channel as a political commentator. |
 | 13-06-2008 Obama mobilises volunteers to prepare for general election fight Barack Obama is to send thousands of campaign volunteers across the US this weekend as part of an urgent effort to create one of the most sophisticated political operations ever to contest a White House election. |
 | 13-06-2008 McCain's Confusion Has Nothing to do With His Age I can appreciate the fact that the McCain campaign and Republicans in general are a little touchy about the senator's age -- running to be the oldest president in U.S. history will do that -- but that's no reason to characterize every critical adjective in the language as some kind of slight about McCain's septuagenarian status. |
 | 13-06-2008 Will Clinton Be Blamed If Obama Falls? |
 | 11-06-2008 McCain calls Obama tax plan a threat to all Americans A day after Senator Barack Obama launched a broad assault on the economic plan of presidential rival John McCain, McCain hit back yesterday by asserting that Obama's tax proposals would ensnare millions of ordinary Americans and further weaken the economy. |
 | 11-06-2008 Obama VP list said to include ex-military WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is considering former military leaders among his potential choices for vice president, according to a Democratic senator who discussed an extensive list of possible picks with members of the team vetting candidates. |
 | 11-06-2008 Huckabee returns to Iowa for state convention DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will be the headline speaker at the Republican Party of Iowa's state convention on Saturday in Des Moines. |
 | 10-06-2008 Obama takes the offensive vs. McCain Senator Barack Obama is kicking off his general election campaign in aggressive fashion, leveling daily, hard-hitting attacks on Republican John McCain designed to capitalize on the stark policy differences between them. |
 | 10-06-2008 Will Obama's Hopes Be Tied to 'Angry White Women'? Obama can improve his chances of beating McCain in the general election if he makes inroads among non-college educated white women. |
 | 10-06-2008 The Movie Star and McCain While John McCain’s campaign may not be attracting the star power Barack Obama’s camp – Scarlett Johansson and Oprah Winfrey spring to mind – the grizzled actor Robert Duvall appeared with McCain at three high dollar fundraisers tonight, which raked in over $2 million for his presidential effort. |
 | 07-06-2008 Clinton to endorse Obama for President Hillary Clinton is to end her campaign for the US Democratic nomination in the presidential election today. Senator Clinton will host a rally for supporters in Washington, and will formally drop out of the contest and throw her support behind Sen Barack Obama. |
 | 07-06-2008 McCain Can't Win .Now that there can be no doubt he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party, it is a certainty Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States. And just as certain is the reality that no one else who ran for the office, regardless of party, seems as capable as he does now. It is hard to imagine a set of circumstances that allow John McCain to wrestle a win from Obama |
 | 07-06-2008 Obama Won, Hillary Didn't Lose |
 | 06-06-2008 They have put their lives and their jobs - and sometimes their children - on hold to campaign for Hillary Clinton, and they've been trying to brace themselves for their candidate's concession speech all week. Many say they can't switch their allegiance to Barack Obama as the likely Democratic nominee until they hear Clinton ask them to. |
 | 05-06-2008 Obama's Vice President |
 | 05-06-2008 Clinton to end campaign Saturday and endorse Obama She made the decision after reaching out to donors, members of Congress and union supporters, who urged the action for the sake of party unity. |
 | 05-06-2008 Polls: Obama Leads McCain Nationally Obama leads McCain nationally; he holds a six point lead over McCain – says the CBS News / NYT poll released Wednesday. The poll articulates that the Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads his Republican rival John McCain – 48 percent to 42 percent among registered voters, with 6 percent of respondents undecided. |
 | 01-06-2008 Obama resigns from Chicago church ABERDEEN, S.D. - Barack Obama has quit the Chicago church he attended for two decades - making a final break after inflammatory remarks by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and a second minister shook his campaign. |
 | 01-06-2008 John McCain, senility America’s loss of the Pacific Senility and politics are a pathetic mix. There is no better example of this than Republican presidential hopeful Senator John McCain. |
 | 01-06-2008 Clinton campaign all but ends in ballroom She needed a miracle, but committee instead delivers compromise on Florida, Michigan |
 | 31-05-2008 Mocking of Clinton at Obama’s Church Reverberates CHICAGO — Reverberations from the Sunday sermon of a Roman Catholic priest who mocked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at Senator Barack Obama’s home church here continued to spread Friday, after the priest offered an apology and the archbishop of Chicago gave him a public reprimand for “partisan campaigning.” |
 | 31-05-2008 Obama, McCain in fierce new duel over Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain fought a fierce political duel over Iraq Friday, in the latest testy escalation of their fast-evolving White House race. |
 | 31-05-2008 State surprise: Superdelegate goes to Clinton Hillary Clinton picked up the support Thursday of a previously uncommitted Washington state superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, giving her bid for the party's presidential nomination a boost just before a weekend that could prove critical to her flickering chances. |
 | 18-05-2008 Obama plans Iowa trip with victory in sight ROSEBURG, Oregon - Sen. Barack Obama, hoping that a pair of contests in Oregon and Kentucky on Tuesday will allow him to essentially clinch the Democratic nomination, will make a symbolic return to Iowa, the state that launched his underdog bid for the White House. |
 | 18-05-2008 Candidates Send Well Wishes to Kennedy Presidential candidates and senate colleagues of Edward Kennedy issued statements Saturday after reports that the longtime Massachusetts senator was hospitalized. |
 | 14-05-2008 Clinton Wins West Virginia Primary by Decisive Margin, FOX News Projects Hillary Clinton has beaten Barack Obama by a decisive margin in the West Virginia Democratic primary, FOX News projects. |
 | 14-05-2008 Obama begins fall campaign in earnest Let the general election begin. |
 | 14-05-2008 McCain Again Steps Away from Bush By Juliet Eilperin NORTH BEND, Wa. -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continued to tout his green credentials this morning, telling reporters, "I will be a president of the United States." |
 | 12-05-2008 Obama raises sights with preparation for McCain debates Barack Obama, setting his sights well beyond tomorrow's primary against Hillary Clinton, yesterday began preparations for a summer series of debates against the Republican John McCain. |
 | 12-05-2008 McCain's Foreign Policy: Maverick, Erratic or Machiavellian? I just realized that I know very little of John McCain's voting record. It's easy to summarize what I've heard: he is an independent thinker, and a maverick. |
 | 12-05-2008 Hillary Clinton wants it so bad it hurts WHAT would you do? You've spent $11 million of your own money, much more than that of other people's money, and you've stood battered and bruised on a podium in Indiana and said: "It's full speed to the White House." |
 | 10-05-2008 Obama Leads in Superdelegates for First Time The trump card Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton held in her faltering bid for president — her support among the superdelegates who can control the fate of the Democratic nomination — began slipping from her grasp on Friday as Senator Barack Obama moved into the lead on this front, with uncommitted delegates declaring their allegiance to him as others deserted her. |
 | 10-05-2008 On McCain, Obama and a Hamas Link In the clearest indication yet of how he intends to confront Senator Barack Obama on foreign policy issues in the general election, Senator John McCain on Friday again portrayed the Democratic contender as being the favorite of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group, and implied that he would also be friendly with Iran, a Hamas ally. |
 | 10-05-2008 Clinton's grip on superdelegates is slipping WASHINGTON - It's not a stampede yet -- but the superdelegates are starting to gallop toward Barack Obama. Hillary Clinton's aides vowed to continue the fight even as Barack Obama picked up nine superdelegate endorsements Friday to Clinton's two. That left them virtually tied among supers and eliminated the last statistical measure where Clinton could claim an edge. |
 | 08-05-2008 With split decision, Obama moves a step closer to victory Despite narrowly winning Indiana, while losing North Carolina, Hillary Rodham Clinton did not fundamentally improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination. If anything, Clinton's hopes for overtaking Barack Obama dwindled further Tuesday night. |
 | 08-05-2008 Romney talks up McCain, talks down Obama Mitt Romney may or may not be auditioning to be John McCain's running mate, but he was loyally on message today in his latest national TV appearance. |
 | 08-05-2008 Clinton vows to press on as time, options running out Her money drained and her options dwindling, a resolute Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to press on with her presidential bid even as she and top advisers were hard-pressed to describe a realistic path for her to wrest the nomination from Barack Obama. |
 | 06-05-2008 Obama made no promises, Teamsters say Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama did not promise to end federal oversight of the Teamsters in exchange for an endorsement, a union official said Monday. "Senator Obama has promised us nothing in exchange for our endorsement," spokesman Bret Caldwell said. |
 | 06-05-2008 McCain Denies Vote Claim John McCain denied a report posted late yesterday on the Huffington Post Web site that he did not vote for George W. Bush for president in 2000. |
 | 06-05-2008 Paul Campaign Never Ended, Spokesman Says As the Democratic presidential candidates held pre-primary rallies yesterday in Indiana and North Carolina, and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain spoke to the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, another major-party presidential candidate continued his own quest for nomination, headlining a "Freedom Rally" on a Fort Wayne, Ind., university campus. |
 | 19-04-2008 Poll: Obama has better White House chances than Clinton, Democratic voters say WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has won endorsements from a former Clinton administration official and two ex-senators, boosting his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination ahead of Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary that could determine whether rival Hillary Rodham Clinton stays in the race |
 | 19-04-2008 Voter to Clinton: Presidency will cure Monica blues At the end of Sen. Hillary Clinton's Winston-Salem, N.C. campaign event with famed poet Maya Angelou today, the senator opened the event up to audience questions. |
 | 06-04-2008 Obama pledges universal health care, end to Iraq war Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama makes his appearance on a platform set before a crowd of 8,000 rally-goers at the Adams Center shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday. “I'm running because of what Dr. (Martin Luther) King called ‘the fierce urgency of now,' ” Obama said. “We can't wait.” Photo by LINDA THOMPSON/Missoulian Watch a video of Barack Obama rallying |
 | 06-04-2008 10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't) For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain''s background, there are some important things you won't learn about him from the TV networks. His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this stuff—and you might be surprised by some of it. |
 | 06-04-2008 Clinton promises big ‘green economy’ push Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign turned a bright shade of green Saturday morning when it hit Hillsboro |
 | 03-04-2008 Barack Obama: I'd Hire Al Gore WALLINGFORD, Pa. (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama said Wednesday he would give Al Gore, a Nobel prize winner, a major role in an Obama administration to address the problem of global warming. |
 | 03-04-2008 The Clinton Credit Crisis It must be nice to live in Hillary Clinton’s world. Someone else always pays the bills. But as campaign vendors -- including health insurance companies -- now complain that she is stiffing them, we are left to wonder how she will handle an American economy increasingly troubled by unpaid public and private debts. |
 | 03-04-2008 Scope of McCain’s nationalism wider than Iraq policy Barack Obama and John McCain are running lines for a battle of narratives in the next months of this presidential election. As Daniel Nichanian pointed out on this page Tuesday, both Obama and McCain are running similar kinds of campaigns based on symbols, images and personal stories. |
 | 26-03-2008 Obama bounces back - speech seemed to help The first major national poll taken since Sen. Barack Obama's speech on race in America shows Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in a virtual tie, reversing Obama's slide in the polls after the wide airing of controversial remarks made by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. |
 | 26-03-2008 McCain on the Red Phone It is 3 a.m., and the stillness of the White House night is shattered by the ringing of the red phone. President John McCain, rousing himself from a deep sleep, turns on the light and picks up the receiver. A U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country, he is told, has been blown up, and al-Qaeda is taking credit. |
 | 26-03-2008 Clinton stokes Obama pastor row amid Bosnia embarrasment WASHINGTON (AFP) — Hillary Clinton Tuesday revived the row over fiery racial rhetoric by Democratic foe Barack Obama's former pastor, as she tried to dodge a storm over her overblown account of a 1996 trip to Bosnia. |
 | 22-03-2008 Clinton Treats Obama Pastor With Extreme Caution ANDERSON, Ind. — Ever since Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton started running for president, her team has argued that she is more electable than Senator Barack Obama: more experience, as first lady and senator; more spine, after years fighting Republicans; and more popular with key voter blocs, like women, Hispanics and the elderly. |
 | 22-03-2008 Obama, Clinton, McCain Passport Files Breached Confidential passport files of all three presidential candidates were improperly breached by State Department employees, a department spokesman said. |
 | 22-03-2008 John McCain’s Polish Moment, Iranian Style John McCain has executed an Islamic-style divorce from reality. Three times he’s said that Iran is training al Qaeda. |
 | 18-03-2008 Obama readies speech on race MONACA, Pa. - Sen. Barack Obama, confronting ongoing questions about inflammatory sermons delivered by his former pastor, announced Monday he will deliver a "major address" on race and politics in Philadelphia on Tuesday in an attempt to move beyond the controversy. |
 | 18-03-2008 McCain Adviser Rips the Religious Right At United Jewish Communities conference, three representatives from the presidential campaigns of Senators John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, talked with an audience about why their candidate benefits the Jewish community. Video by Emily Freifeld/washingtonpost.com |
 | 18-03-2008 Testing Clinton’s Big-State Theory By most counts, Sen. Hillary Clinton trails Sen. Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination by more than 100 delegates. Yet Sen. Cinton argues that she’s leading in another important measure: big states. “I don’t think anyone doubts that a Democrat has to have a number of the big states anchored in order to put together the electoral votes needed to win,” Sen. Clinton said Saturday. |
 | 16-03-2008 Obama gets boost in White House bid Barack Obama's hopes of winning the Democratic Party's nomination for US President have been boosted by remarks by House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi. |
 | 16-03-2008 Clinton has reason to count on superdelegates Barack Obama blew Hillary Clinton away in last month's Mid-Atlantic primary. Nearly half of Obama's delegate lead over Clinton can be traced to his landslide victories in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. |
 | 15-03-2008 McCain on World Stage On Mideast, Europe Trip Sen. John McCain will step off a plane in Iraq this weekend to see firsthand the effects of the troop increase that he has championed and that his presidential ambitions are tied to, at the outset of a week-long series of private meetings with Middle Eastern and European leaders that will be as much an overseas audition as it is political theater aimed at voters in the United States |
 | 15-03-2008 UPDATE 2-Clinton says Obama voted for oil firm tax breaks Sen. Hillary Clinton on Friday renewed her attack on oil company profits and accused Sen. Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, of supporting tax breaks for oil companies. |
 | 14-03-2008 Obama repudiates ex-pastor's remarks Responding to growing criticism, Senator Barack Obama today issued a forceful repudiation of controversial remarks by the former pastor of his Chicago church, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., whose rhetoric caused renewed turmoil this week for Obama's presidential campaign. |
 | 03-03-2008 Obama hopes for crossover votes WESTERVILLE, Ohio — Candice Swords spent her Sunday shuttling between political rallies. At Westerville North High School in the morning to see Hillary Rodham Clinton, she brought her 8-year-old daughter, named after the New York senator's daughter, Chelsea. |
 | 03-03-2008 Clinton gets it sincerely wrong When Texas and Ohio vote in tomorrow's Democratic primaries, they may bring Hillary Clinton's campaign for the presidency to an end. If she loses either of those states, her bid is over barring the formalities. This is a position few expected her to be in. Not long ago, success in the primaries and victory in the general election were regarded as almost inevitable. What went wrong? |
 | 03-03-2008 DNC leader Howard Dean: John McCain is a 'flawed' candidate Former Vermont governor and current Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean sits down with CNN's Wolf Blitzer to discuss the current pool of presidential candidates. |
 | 01-03-2008 Obama gains support among white men For months, the story line of the 2008 Democratic presidential primary was women voters, black voters, Latino voters. But a strange thing has happened on the trail to the Democratic nomination: Beginning most notably with Super Tuesday voting in California, and in subsequent contests leading to what could be Tuesday's final showdown in Texas and Ohio, white men have flocked to Barack Obama. |
 | 01-03-2008 McCain abides controversial endorsement PHOENIX — John McCain is refusing to renounce the endorsement of a prominent Texas televangelist who Democrats say peddles anti-Catholic and other intolerant speech. |
 | 01-03-2008 With Edwards out, Obama enjoys fundraising lead over Clinton AUSTIN – Barack Obama, after trailing Hillary Rodham Clinton in the chase for Texas money last year, has turned the tables on her – bolstered partly by the financial support of Democrats defecting from John Edwards |
 | 28-02-2008 Despite Nafta Attacks, Clinton and Obama Haven’t Been Free Trade Foes As they have tussled for votes in economically beleaguered Ohio, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have both excoriated the North American Free Trade Agreement while lobbing accusations against their opponent on the issue. |
 | 28-02-2008 Top civil rights icon dumps Clinton for Obama WASHINGTON (AFP) - Civil rights hero and Democratic Party elder John Lewis Wednesday defected from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, in a hugely symbolic blow to the former first lady's White House campaign. |
 | 28-02-2008 McCain in A Glass House Certain kinds of conservatives, distrusting Richard Nixon's ideological elasticity, rejected him -- until 1973. Although it had become clear that his administration was a crime wave, they embraced him because the media were his tormentors. Today such conservatives, whose political compasses are controlled, albeit negatively, by the New York Times, have embraced John McCain. He, although no stickler about social niceties (see below), should thank the Times, for two reasons. |
 | 27-02-2008 Obama, Clinton Debate Tactics Health Care Also A Focus in Ohio |
 | 27-02-2008 Host Disparages Obama, and McCain Quickly Apologizes CINCINNATI — Senator John McCain apologized Tuesday after a conservative radio host who helped introduce him before a rally used Senator Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, three times, while disparaging him. |
 | 27-02-2008 Clinton is best choice for women A few weeks ago I spoke to a woman who had just decided to support Barack Obama's presidential campaign. "I couldn't stand it when Hillary cried in New Hampshire," the woman told me when I asked her to explain. "We can't have a weak president." |
 | 25-02-2008 Democrats to seek FEC investigation of McCain financing WASHINGTON: The national Democratic party wants campaign finance regulators to investigate whether Sen. John McCain would violate money-in-politics laws by withdrawing from the primary election's public finance system. |
 | 25-02-2008 Hillary Clinton stoops to counter Barack Obama's unifying appeal It is a measure of Hillary Clinton's desperation that she should have switched from elevated, presidential language to direct attacks on her opponent. In politics, risks are generally run by candidates who are losing. |
 | 24-02-2008 Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade LORAIN, Ohio, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical comments about multilateral deals such |
 | 23-02-2008 Obama's New Populism No presidential campaign in this country would be complete without the three Ps of politics -- polls, pundits and populism. The first two Ps are more modern creations. But the populist candidate who claims to speak for the "people" -- against some political straw man such as big business or big government -- has a long history. Political leaders from both sides of the aisle have consistently and unabashedly utilized populist appeals. The run-up to the 2008 election, with John Edwards's missives against corporate power or John McCain's attacks on big government, has largely followed a similar script. |
 | 23-02-2008 A Bad Year to Be a Mallard Who says we have heard everything there conceivably could be to say from the presidential candidates |
 | 23-02-2008 Clinton: Obama offers words, not actions NEW YORK—Hillary Rodham Clinton dismissed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Wednesday as leading a movement with little to show for his eloquence and promises. |
 | 22-02-2008 In mostly civil debate, Obama parries Clinton Hillary Clinton, fighting to revive her flagging presidential bid, tonight accused Democratic rival Barack Obama of borrowing the words of others to conduct a campaign she characterized as long on rhetoric and short on specifics. |
 | 22-02-2008 John McCain sex claim hits US election John McCain's campaign for the White House was plunged into scandal yesterday after he was accused of having an affair with a lobbyist 30 years his junior. |
 | 22-02-2008 Clinton: Obama 'change you can Xerox' WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night, but drew boos from a Democratic debate audience when she ridiculed him as the candidate of "change you can Xerox." |
 | 18-02-2008 Obama's secret meeting with Edwards US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has made a campaign detour to North Carolina to meet with former rival John Edwards, who has yet to make an endorsement in the race for the Democratic nomination. |
 | 18-02-2008 Clinton, Obama Trade Barbs in Wisconsin Over `Hope' Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama raised their battle for the Democratic presidential nomination up a notch as they traded barbs over who has the mettle to take on the Republicans and win back the White House. |
 | 17-02-2008 TRANSCRIPT: 'On the Trail' with Sen. John McCain McCain Tells George Stephanopoulos He Won't Raise Taxes |
 | 16-02-2008 Obama tries to head off Clinton Wisconsin comeback WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama reached out to working-class voters in Wisconsin just days ahead of the Midwestern state's primary where Hillary Rodham Clinton hopes to begin her comeback in the closely contested Democratic presidential race. |
 | 16-02-2008 Bill Clinton Campaigns in Texas LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton told an overflow crowd Saturday that his wife wants to repeal tax cuts given to oil companies in 2005 and use the money to develop alternative energy sources. |
 | 16-02-2008 Huckabee’s Island Getaway GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands — Mike Huckabee said he was having such a good time here in this sun-splashed tourist resort that it may take a S.W.A.T. team to get him out of his hotel room at the Ritz Carlton and head back to the snowy campaign trail in Wisconsin. |
 | 15-02-2008 McCain Vs. Obama, Round 2: GOP Senator Moves to Level November Playing Field John McCain threw down the gauntlet with Barack Obama for the second day in a row Friday, this time accusing the Illinois senator of trying to renege on a pledge to accept public financing in a general election campaign, a move that could limit Obama’s vast and swelling financial resources. |
 | 15-02-2008 Hillary Clinton has an uphill climb ahead WASHINGTON -- Her nomination was supposed to be such a foregone conclusion that she didn't even mount substantial get-out-the-vote operations in key states, including Ohio and Texas. What happened to Hillary Clinton's cloak of inevitability? |
 | 15-02-2008 Obama Continues to Build Momentum in Presidential Bid In the U.S. presidential race, Democrat Barack Obama continues to build momentum in the party nomination battle with rival Hillary Clinton. On the Republican side, John McCain is hoping some high-profile endorsements will win over some of his stubborn conservative critics. VOA national correspondent Jim Malone is following the 2008 presidential campaign in Washington. |
| 15-02-2008 Huckabee’s Island Getaway GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands — Mike Huckabee said he was having such a good time here in this sun-splashed tourist resort that it may take a S.W.A.T. team to get him out of his hotel room at the Ritz Carlton and head back to the snowy campaign trail in Wisconsin. |
 | 11-02-2008 Obama beats Clinton in Maine caucuses Sen. Barack Obama is the projected winner of the Maine caucuses, one day after getting a boost in delegate support by sweeping three states and the Virgin Islands. |
 | 11-02-2008 John McCain gets George Bush's blessing President George W Bush has described John McCain as a "true conservative" as he issued what amounted to an endorsement of his would-be Republican successor. |
 | 11-02-2008 Clinton Camp Shuffles Leadership, and Maybe Message The Nation -- Remember how, on the eve of the New Hampshire primary she was supposed to lose, Hillary Clinton's camp was sending all sorts of signals about an impending shake-up of its top leadership? |
 | 07-02-2008 John McCain's Perfect Ride By Joel Achenbach How did John McCain become the certain Republican nominee? With what they call in horse racing a perfect ride. |
 | 07-02-2008 Huckabee's Moral Victory...One Primary Late NEW YORK CITY -- Mike Huckabee’s odds of winning the nomination are mathematically slim but for the scrappy, comparatively penniless Huckabee to stay in the race while his well-financed opponent, Mitt Romney, suspends his campaign is a victory for the Arkansan. |
 | 07-02-2008 Clinton holds onto slim delegate lead over Obama Hillary Clinton appears to be holding onto a relatively small lead in the delegate count over Barack Obama after Super Tuesday, but the final number is unclear in an increasingly tight race. |
 | 05-02-2008 Paul eyes pivotal role with Alaska win While Mitt Romney and John McCain fight over Super Tuesday's biggest prizes -- California, New York and Georgia -- one Republican candidate is looking north. Way north. |
 | 05-02-2008 France backs Obama - poll As Democrat rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton head into a 24-state showdown, France is cheering on the Illinois senator’s bid to become America’s first black president, a poll showed today. |
 | 05-02-2008 Obama fights to close gap with Clinton WASHINGTON–Barack Obama closed his Super Tuesday campaign with a huge Boston rally last night, capping a day in which he appeared to gain new strength by aggressively drawing distinctions between himself and Hillary Clinton. |
 | 04-02-2008 McCain ad hits Romney on fealty to Reagan After Mitt Romney launched an ad trying to link John McCain to Democrat Hillary Clinton, McCain retaliated tonight with a new national cable TV spot trying to de-link Romney from Ronald Reagan. |
 | 04-02-2008 Romney launches last-minute, robo-call assaults on McCain, Huckabee One of us lives in Cobb County, and is thus able to listen to much of the automated traffic that travels over Republican phone lines. |
 | 04-02-2008 Obama fundraisers run circles around Clinton in January NEW YORK – Hillary Clinton raised about $13 million in January. Not too shabby, if you didn’t happen to know that Barack Obama raised a stunning $32 million last month. |
 | 01-02-2008 Obama, Clinton face off in debate Sparks could fly today as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama get set for a one-on-one debate in California ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries that could decide who gets to battle for the US presidency in November. |
 | 31-01-2008 Giuliani hasn't lost political luster, experts say He won't be president, but what about Homeland Security chief Rudy Giuliani or even Gov. Giuliani? |
 | 31-01-2008 Schwarzenegger Endorses John McCain LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed Sen. John McCain in the Republican can reach across the political aisle to get things done. |
 | 30-01-2008 Florida '08: John McCain Sinks Mitt Romney In GOP Primary; Rudy Giuliani Reportedly To Drop Out With polls showing them practically tied going into Tuesday's (January 29) pivotal Republican primary in Florida, Senator John McCain and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney fought it out until the end, with McCain earning the state's winner-take-all prize of 57 delegates. |
 | 30-01-2008 Ron Paul Wins Big in Florida As the Florida primary knocks out Rudy Giuliani and sets Mike Huckabee back on his heels, who benefits most? |
 | 29-01-2008 Fight to regain momentum in banned state Hillary Clinton will attempt to regain much-needed campaign momentum tonight with a controversial stop in Florida, where polls suggest she will beat Barack Obama in today's primary. |
 | 29-01-2008 Obama-Kennedy alliance sets focus WASHINGTON - It was a day when Democratic royalty spoke of the past, of the future, and of past legends who looked to the future. |
 | 29-01-2008 Romney, McCain duke it out in Florida while Obama basks in Kennedy glow MIAMI -- At 9:45 yesterday morning, the doors were still locked to the hall at Florida International University where Rudy Giuliani was supposed to be appearing. |
 | 28-01-2008 More on McCain and Alito As we await the State of the Union, here's an update on this morning's imbroglio involving Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund and his report that Sen. John McCain has told "conservatives" that he would support Supreme Court nominees in the mold of John Roberts, but not Samuel Alito. Conservative bloggers immediately erupted with predictable outrage at the Arizona senator. |
 | 28-01-2008 Campaign chair: Poor Florida showing may doom Giuliani SANFORD, Fla. – Rudy Giuliani's national campaign chairman acknowledged Monday the former New York mayor faces a difficult fight in Florida and suggested a poor finish could leave him without the momentum to compete on Super Tuesday. |
 | 27-01-2008 Hopes Pinned on Florida, Giuliani Sees Tough Week SARASOTA, Fla. — How a candidate knows he is up against it: His rivals repeatedly praise his virtues and lob softball questions his way in debates. He calls himself an unusual fellow for an unusual election. And an actor stumping with him uses a tale of being cast nearly 40 years ago as a low-life gigolo to inspire wavering voters. |
 | 26-01-2008 Obama Wins Easily Over Clinton NEW YORK NBC called the South Carolina primary for Barack Obama just as polls closed, in a "suvbstantial margin" over Hillary Clinton. NBC's exit polls showed that he got 24% of the white vote, twice what had been predicted. |
 | 26-01-2008 Huckabee Refuses to Bow to Low Funds, Big States Just weeks ago Mike Huckabee was soaring high after his Iowa victory which brought national attention and a stream of contributions and endorsements. But lately, the former small town Baptist preacher is struggling to keep Team Huckabee afloat after a string of losses left his campaign in tatters and in desperate need of funds as Super Tuesday looms ahead. |
 | 25-01-2008 Clinton, McCain win New York Times endorsements WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The New York Times on Thursday endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain for their party's nominations to contest the U.S. presidential election in November. |
 | 25-01-2008 Republicans debate economy, attack Clinton BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney and rival John McCain squabbled over the U.S. economy but pounded Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday as they jockeyed for votes in Florida in the wide-open U.S. presidential race. |
 | 25-01-2008 Obama Returns to Clinton's War Vote BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama suggested Thursday that Hillary Rodham Clinton cannot be trusted to make good judgments on national security and military matters, citing her Iraq war vote. |
 | 24-01-2008 White House bid over for Fred Thompson FRED Thompson may have played a US president in a television movie, but the Republican with the commanding voice and Southern charm will never get a chance at the real role. |
 | 24-01-2008 Personal and political divisions add up for Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama "I like this. I think it's exciting." -- Bill Clinton, Tuesday, referring to the barbed exchange between his wife and Obama in a Democratic primary debate Monday. |
 | 24-01-2008 David Cameron backs John McCain in US race David Cameron last night risked political isolation in Washington as he broke diplomatic convention by backing a candidate in the US presidential race. |
 | 22-01-2008 Obama Calls Bill Clinton Untruthful WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama challenged Bill Clinton's truthfulness Monday in a deepening feud with the husband of Obama's Democratic presidential rival. |
 | 22-01-2008 New Yorkers backing McCain, Clinton; Support property tax cap Sen. John McCain is now the Republican leader in New York just weeks before the state's presidential primary while Sen. Hillary Clinton is well ahead of her fellow Democrats. |
 | 21-01-2008 Chaotic and contentious Republican presidential race turns to Florida MIAMI – The Republican presidential race turned to Florida on Sunday, ever more chaotic and contentious as four candidates began a 10-day sprint to win the state and momentum heading into the de facto national primary next month. |
 | 20-01-2008 McCain scoops South Carolina as Clinton wins tight Nevada race COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AFP) — Republican White House hopeful John McCain scooped a sweet victory in South Carolina late Saturday as Democrat Hillary Clinton took Nevada handing the two front-running candidates big wins. |
 | 20-01-2008 Connecticut Favorites Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton hold double-digit leads among likely voters in the Connecticut presidential primaries on Feb. 5, according to a poll commissioned by The Courant. |
 | 20-01-2008 Top scientist to address global warming at Herzliya conference One of the world's most influential environmental scientists is set to present a controversial argument here Sunday against the focus on reducing greenhouse gases and favoring R&D and better planning for the results of global warming such as hurricanes. |
 | 19-01-2008 Between Pulpit and Podium, Huckabee Straddles Fine Line SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Mike Huckabee mentioned his faith only glancingly in his stump speech this week at North Greenville University in Tigerville, S.C. Discussing presidential decisions that will matter after he is long gone, he added: “By the way, I have made arrangements for what happens after that, and it’s all good. It’s all good.” |
 | 19-01-2008 Romney wins quiet Nevada caucuses Mitt Romney won quiet Republican presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday while John McCain and Mike Huckabee dueled in a hard-fought South Carolina primary, a campaign doubleheader likely to winnow the crowded field of White House rivals. |
 | 19-01-2008 Obama supporter warns Clinton over 'racism' One of Barack Obama's most fervent supporters has warned Hillary Clinton that "racist" comments by the former First Lady will deny her the support of black voters in South Carolina - the next White House battleground. |
 | 17-01-2008 VAN NUYS, Calif. (AP) — The first two Democratic presidential contests have taught Barack Obama a lesson — as women go, so goes the state. VAN NUYS, Calif. (AP) — The first two Democratic presidential contests have taught Barack Obama a lesson — as women go, so goes the state. Obama won the most votes from women in Iowa, and he won the state. In New Hampshire, he lost the women and the state. |
 | 17-01-2008 Giuliani Tries for Hail Mary in Florida NEW YORK (AP) — Republican Rudy Giuliani challenged political convention in shrugging off early primaries while staking his presidential candidacy on delegate-rich, later-voting states, a strategy that could be a colossal failure or a masterful calculation. |
 | 17-01-2008 Rush Limbaugh and Fred Thompson No! Rush Limbaugh hasn't endorsed Senator Fred Thompson. He hasn't endorsed any Republican candidate for President of the United States. In fact, he's gone out of his way not to endorse anyone. He wants to endorse a candidate, but the problem is that no one has emerged. |
 | 15-01-2008 Clinton once sang a different tune on Obama legislation One of Hillary Clinton's favorite attacks on Barack Obama of late has been to belitle a lobbying reform bill of his that, it turns out, she praised on the Senate floor last February. |
 | 15-01-2008 Giuliani: Vote Early for Me NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLA. -- When his staff finally handed him a microphone, Rudy Giuliani stood before his campaign bus and offered the packed parking lot of supporters a suggestion |
 | 15-01-2008 Fred Thompson Goes After John McCain Via Hot Air comes the following video (below the fold): Senator Fred Thompson has, according to his supporters finally, gone after Senator for Arizona John McCain. As AP points out, “[i]t would have been more effective if he’d gone after him individually instead of lumping him in with Huck but the race being what it is in South Carolina, he doesn’t have much choice. Any attack on one benefits the other so he’s forced to attack both.” |
 | 14-01-2008 Romney Makes Final Michigan Pitch DETROIT (AP) — Alternately promising and pleading, Republican Mitt Romney on Monday asked Michigan residents to vote for him in a primary election that could either rejuvenate or mortally wound his presidential campaign |
 | 14-01-2008 Romney, Huckabee, McCain drop in at auto show The leading Republican presidential candidates made a brief stop at the North American International Auto Show at about 5:30 p.m. today. |
 | 14-01-2008 Clinton, Obama campaigns tangle over abortion Among the many questions posed by last week's New Hampshire primary was whether Hillary Clinton's fliers attacking Barack Obama on reproductive rights helped her pick up key women voters in the closing days of the campaign. With votes in Nevada and South Carolina looming, Obama's campaign is trying to preempt further attacks in this vein. |
 | 13-01-2008 Huckabee Defends His Foreign Policy Experience GREER, S.C. -- "If a tree falls in the forest and no one's there to hear it, does that mean that it didn't make a sound?" Mike Huckabee responded when a reporter noted that a state newspaper had endorsed John McCain, calling Huckabee's foreign policy experience unsettling |
 | 13-01-2008 Poll: McCain rising, Clinton steady THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats nationally. |
 | 13-01-2008 The Big Guy goes to South Carolina for Edwards The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Just got a report from Mark Taylor, the former lieutenant governor, who was up in Greenville on Saturday — one of several Georgians who knocked on doors for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards. |
 | 12-01-2008 Who’s Got the Money? As the 2008 presidential campaign moves into high gear, many of the candidates are scrambling to raise money. Can they all go the distance? |
 | 12-01-2008 Giuliani Talks About Insurance in Fla. BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that his experience as New York City's mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is a big reason why he supports a national insurance backup fund. |
 | 12-01-2008 Clinton supporters rally in Southfield Even though Sen. Hillary Clinton is the only top tier candidate on the Democratic ballot, her supporters are taking nothing for granted. |
 | 11-01-2008 Romney attacks McCain at Republican debate MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday accused rival John McCain of giving up on people who have lost jobs in the economically depressed state of Michigan as the Republicans' wide-open campaign turned to the faltering economy. |
 | 11-01-2008 Clinton's Victory Resonates With Women Anne Skinner, a 58-year old waitress in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., felt a whiff of solidarity with Hillary Clinton yesterday. |
 | 10-01-2008 Democrat Richardson quits White House race WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Bill Richardson quit the White House race Thursday after his long-shot bid to be America's first Hispanic president failed to sway voters in the early nominating contests |
 | 06-01-2008 Rudy Giuliani Acknowledges global warming as a problem and says humans have contributed to it, but has not presented detailed plan for dealing with it. |
 | 06-01-2008 Edwards: Down but not out John Edwards' campaign found itself betwixt and between as it rolled into New Hampshire for a five-day campaign blitz that will culminate in Tuesday's primary. |
 | 06-01-2008 All sides target Obama GOFFSTOWN, N.H. -- Back-to-back GOP and Democrat presidential debates Saturday provided a preview of how newly minted Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will be fileted by the GOP if he is the Democratic nominee. |
 | 05-01-2008 Clinton, Romney must weigh new tactics What a difference a caucus makes. Front-of-pack contenders Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney now look like scrappy underdogs compared with Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee after Thursday's bruising result in Iowa. The candidates need to step up their game if they want to walk into the White House. Here are their options, according to the experts. |
 | 05-01-2008 Fred Thompson: I'm Skipping New Hampshire Fred Thompson has performed dismally in New Hampshire polls, and he clearly knows it — he says he's skipping the state. Thompson admitted today on MSNBC: "We're not competitive in New Hampshire. And we won’t be campaigning there other than to go in for the debates which are tomorrow night and sunday night." |
 | 05-01-2008 Kucinich's UFO Sighting: What He Really Saw Dennis Kucinich has taken a lot of flack for saying that he once saw an unidentified flying object near Shirley MacLaine's house back in 1982. The Wall Street Journal just did a front-page story on it, adding to the Kucinich-as-silly-person storyline. |
| 05-01-2008 Paul eyes pivotal role with Alaska win While Mitt Romney and John McCain fight over Super Tuesday's biggest prizes -- California, New York and Georgia -- one Republican candidate is looking north. Way north. |
 | 04-01-2008 Obama beats Clinton in Iowa, Huckabee top Republican DES MOINES, Iowa (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama triumphed in the first 2008 White House nominating contest Thursday, dealing a severe blow to Hillary Clinton's hopes and boosting his own chances of being the first black US president. |
 | 04-01-2008 Giuliani vows to fight on after bad Iowa showing WASHINGTON (AFP) — Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Thursday brushed aside his sixth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, saying he never really fought to win the first presidential nominating contest of 2008 |
 | 04-01-2008 McCain a favorite of Iowa Jews When Arizona Senator John McCain took the stage the night before the first-in-the-nation caucuses to be held here Thursday night, he thanked several fellow senators who had joined him on stage to show their support. But then he also mentioned another senator - Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut - who wasn't present because he was campaigning for him in New Hampshire. |
 | 03-01-2008 Divisive Hillary Clinton finds it hard to be second best Susie McCauley will brave a Midwest freeze today, so cold that it stings the skin, and head to the Democratic caucuses knowing who she wants to be the next president. Before the night is out, however, she will probably face disappointment and a dilemma. |
 | 03-01-2008 New Polls Show Tight Races in N.H. New Polls Show Tight Races in N.H. |
 | 03-01-2008 Edwards attempts to woo the Democrat Left John Edwards launched a final, frantic attempt to win the Iowa caucuses, railing against corporate greed and seizing hold of the Left flank of the Democratic Party long abandoned by his two main rivals. |
 | 31-12-2007 Huckabee Stands Down on Rumble with Romney Candidate Says 'It's Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing' |
 | 31-12-2007 Obama sharpens attacks on Clinton Barack Obama unleashed a blistering attack on his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton yesterday, branding her "just like George W Bush". |
 | 31-12-2007 John Mccain John McCain received two bad beatings in his life. One was physical, as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam war. The other was psychological, delivered by George Bush's campaign team in a dirty tricks operation in South Carolina in 2000 that cost him the Republican nomination and, almost certainly, the presidency. |
 | 28-12-2007 Clinton demands Bhutto probe, slams Musharraf STORY CITY, Iowa (AFP) — Hillary Clinton Friday called for an independent, international probe into Benazir Bhutto's murder, as the turmoil wracking US anti-terror ally Pakistan reshaped debate in the White House race. |
 | 28-12-2007 Edwards offers a 527 letter, too DES MOINES -- The dispute over who is purer on the influence of money from special interests continues its back and forth between former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. |
 | 28-12-2007 Giuliani stumps in Orlando before leaving the Sunshine State ORLANDO, Fla.—Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Friday made another appeal to Florida voters, a state that won't be casting ballots until after contests in Iowa and New Hampshire are long settled. |
| 27-12-2007 Hispanic activists wary of Huckabee's new hard-line stance on illegal immigration LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) - Hispanic activists who viewed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as a voice of moderation on illegal immigration say they have been taken aback by the hard-line stance he has adopted as a Republican presidential candidate. |
 | 27-12-2007 McCain brood shuns campaign trail Before Sen. John McCain goes before an audience at a presidential debate, his daughter Meghan makes sure his nose is properly powdered. And from the campaign bus, she blogs about New Hampshire through the prism of politics and fashion ("I helped Dad pick out some swank Timberland boots.") |
 | 27-12-2007 Romney Heads to Iowa, Noting Uncertainty in GOP Race MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Wistfulness is not an emotion one associates with Mitt Romney, who is as likely to betray doubt as he is to leave a shirttail untucked, but there was a hint of it in the air today as he bid farewell to several dozen close supporters gathered here before heading to Iowa for a final week of campaigning there leading up to the Jan. 3. caucus. |
 | 26-12-2007 Obama Embraces Tearful Veteran MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) -- An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday. |
 | 25-12-2007 Clinton, Obama offer chance to fix US image FORT DODGE, Iowa - At his final campaign stop last Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton called attention to his wife's international experience. She visited 83 countries, he said. In polls of many nations, people preferred her to all other candidates of both parties. And when it came to making peace in Northern Ireland - which he described as one of his proudest achievements - Hillary, he claimed, had laid the groundwork by reaching out to Irish women. |
 | 25-12-2007 Giuliani says he's 'cancer free' Republican Presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reacts to reporters' questions about his presidential campaign after reading Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas," to children at Harlem's Mother Hale Learning Center, before distributing gifts on Christmas Eve in New York, Monday, Dec. 24, 2007. |
 | 25-12-2007 Many Iowa Conservatives Still Undecided Do they still like Mitt Romney? Are they intrigued by Fred Thompson? As always, voter uncertainty comes with the Jan. 3 caucuses, now just a week away. |
 | 24-12-2007 Obama, Romney Win Newspaper Endorsement Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney picked up endorsements for their party's presidential nomination Saturday from The Sioux City Journal, an Iowa newspaper that said both candidates have the integrity and leadership to run the country. |
 | 24-12-2007 DEFINING MOMENTS Mike Huckabee For Mike Huckabee, the moments came two decades apart. First, he discovered the twin pull of political and spiritual leadership; much later, he made a final choice. |
 | 24-12-2007 Can Fred Save the GOP Coalition? As I scanned through the latest articles today, a common thread appeared around what seems to be a whole lot of wishful thinking that Fred Thompson is on the way up. |
 | 23-12-2007 Republicans 2008: Giuliani 20%, Romney 20% Two contenders are tied in the national race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in the United States, according to a poll by Hart/McInturff released by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News. 20 per cent of respondents would back former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani in a 2008 primary, while 20 per cent would support former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. |
 | 23-12-2007 Making my independent choice:McCain McCain has the momentum now in NH. Door-to-door volunteers in our neighborhood today. His commercial and mailings about the Christmas exchange with his captor in Vietnam are very powerful and garnering a lot of attention - not an easy task when we've already got 2 ft. of snow on the ground AND it's only days before Christmas! (Yikes!) Surely, a man molded by such profound experiences can be trusted to do right by all of us. |
 | 22-12-2007 Clinton targets women voters, rivals bicker MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Flanked by her mother and daughter, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton sought on Saturday to shore up her support among women in the tightening U.S. presidential race. |
 | 21-12-2007 Giuliani Returns to Trail Saturday GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani spent most of the day today home in New York City after being treated for flu-like symptoms this week in St. Louis. |
 | 21-12-2007 Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail Rice slams Huckabee criticism of Bush 'bunker mentality' foreign policy ... Edwards says his supporters will caucus ... Clinton appeals to female, independent voters in NH ... Obama as bad Santa in liberal group's ad.... Romney rails against earmarks in budget deal ... Tancredo aide backs Thompson's candidacy ... Judge tosses out part of suit against Huckabee over Arkansas hard drives |
 | 21-12-2007 Thompson Tries to Stay Alive in Iowa Actor-politician Fred Thompson is making an eleventh-hour push to convince Iowa voters he is the only real conservative in the presidential race, contrasting his ideas and record on immigration and abortion with those of his leading rivals. |
 | 20-12-2007 Tancredo Withdrawals from Race, Endorses Romney Tom Tancredo pulled his hat from the Republican race for president and announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney in Des Moines today. The Colorado congressman’s campaign never gained any traction in the polls. |
 | 20-12-2007 Clinton Camp Piles on Obama's 'Presents' Clint |