Just when you think you've got the presidential race figured out, something comes along to upend your carefully wrought conclusions. ...more

August 4, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama all but erased Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among national convention superdelegates on Friday and won fresh labor backing as elements of the Democratic Party began coalescing around the Illinois senator for the fall campaign. ...more

May 10, 2008

Unless today's Indiana and North Carolina primaries produce a surprising upset, the Hillary Rodham Clinton-Barack Obama stalemate will continue, ultimately to be decided by superdelegates. ...more

May 6, 2008

Is the bottom falling out for Barack Obama? It's too early to say that, but there are some disturbing signs. ...more

May 4, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton angrily accused her Democratic rival Saturday of deliberately misrepresenting her positions on NAFTA and health care in mass mailings to voters, adding, "Shame on you, Barack Obama." ...more

February 24, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night during a campaign debate and said he represents "change you can Xerox." ...more

February 22, 2008

The heroes of our presidential elections aren't the candidates, although today's campaigns do rival the epic quest of Odysseus. ...more

February 17, 2008

Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney endorsed John McCain for the party's presidential nomination and asked his national convention delegates to swing behind the likely nominee. ...more

February 15, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton retains her lead among suddenly critical Democratic Party insiders even as Barack Obama builds up his delegate margin with primary and caucus victories across the country, according to a survey by The Associated Press. ...more

February 11, 2008

Battling for every dollar and delegate, Barack Obama raised $7.2 million in Super Tuesday's wake and Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled in $6.4 million, stunning totals reflecting the intensity of their neck-and-neck race for the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

February 8, 2008