It is "pretty likely" Florida's 210 delegates will have full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention, says the co-chairman of the panel that will decide that issue. ...more

August 19, 2008

R U curious to know Obama's VP choice? The names of vice presidential candidates are typically announced at news conferences or political conventions. But sometime before the opening gavel of the Democratic National Convention next Monday, Sen. Barack Obama plans to break the mold by doing it with a text message. ...more

August 18, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced Sunday in a nod to her strong second-place showing in the party's presidential primary. ...more

August 11, 2008

With 100 days remaining in the race for the White House, Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois said that he has succeeded in expanding the electoral map in his race against Arizona Sen. John McCain, principally in southern and southwestern states but also in Montana and North Dakota. ...more

July 28, 2008

Sen. Hillary Clinton did not win enough delegates to capture the Democratic presidential nomination but she is not conceding to Barack Obama. It is a strategy of having it both ways that is familiar to Clinton watchers. ...more

June 6, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's prospects of persuading Democratic officials to override party rules and recognize all delegates selected in the Florida and Michigan primaries suffered a setback Wednesday after lawyers for the party ruled that no more than half of those delegations could be legally recognized. ...more

May 29, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama erased Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who most likely will decide the party's nomination for president. ...more

May 11, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama appeared to win the Democratic caucuses in Guam on Saturday, defeating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by a seven-vote margin amid unprecedented voter participation there. ...more

May 4, 2008

Don't Change Rules Now Regarding "Seat Half Of Democratic Delegates According To How Florida Voted" (Our Opinion, Feb. 17): ...more

February 23, 2008

Remember the hanging chad and the butterfly ballot from the 2000 presidential season? These infamous terms still leap into the mind when thinking of that race, not to mention the lingering conviction of a few that Al Gore, who had more popular support, was cheated out of the White House. This year, it's the superdelegates' turn to make voters shake their heads and wonder why the democratic process in the United States has so many caveats. ...more

February 18, 2008