Say what we will about the crush of political advertisements on television and radio and the madcap statewide barnstorming by GOP frontrunners hoping Florida launches them insurmountably toward the nomination, this culminating day should prove fascinating. ...more

January 29, 2008

Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates. ...more

January 27, 2008

An exultant Barack Obama said his overwhelming win in South Carolina disproved notions that Democratic voters are deeply divided along racial lines. ...more

January 27, 2008

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton gathered emotional endorsements Friday from two prominent black women who implored blacks to set aside their excitement about her rival Sen. Barack Obama's campaign to be the first black president. ...more

January 26, 2008

A new poll shows Mitt Romney jumping to a lead in Florida's Republican presidential primary, trailed closely by John McCain, with Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee trailing. ...more

January 25, 2008

Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama accused each other of repeatedly and deliberately distorting the truth for political gain Monday night in a highly personal, finger-wagging debate that ranged from the war in Iraq to Bill Clinton's role in the campaign. ...more

January 22, 2008

As the primary season rolls into full speed, we are being bombarded by a slew of debates. It appears we are faced with political carnage almost nightly. ...more

January 20, 2008

Hillary Clinton isn't the only one who has found her voice. ...more

January 20, 2008

In response to Marian Perrin's letter and in defense of Jim, Gulledge's letter referring to Sen. Barack Obama being a Muslim. Marian Perrin's wordy biography of Barack Obama life history did nothing to dispute Mr. Gulledge's assertion about Obama, nor did it do anything to show or contain any information about Obama's qualifications to be the President of our country. Obama was elected to the Senate in Illinois, a state that has one of largest populations of Muslims in the country. Add to that the African-American vote in Illinois and you have the real reason why he was elected. On another note it's almost pathetic that the Democratic Party has such a poor choice of candidates for the upcoming election. ...more

January 19, 2008

John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Sen. Barack Obama's praise of former President Reagan - an anathema for many Democrats, particularly union members considered crucial to winning Nevada's Democratic caucuses today. ...more

January 19, 2008