ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win. ...more

September 5, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton urged voters Saturday to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, saying the stakes of the election are high and the differences between Obama and Republican John McCain are stark. ...more

August 31, 2008

John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. ...more

August 29, 2008

On Thursday night, Al Gore told Democrats that the 2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo "are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents." ...more

August 29, 2008

The Rev. Rick Warren is so prominent and respected that just being seen with him is a boon for any presidential candidate. ...more

August 16, 2008

Turns out Democratic primary loser Hillary Rodham Clinton will get time to shine at the party's national convention after all - and quite a bit of it. ...more

August 15, 2008

U.S. troops have donated more presidential campaign money to Democrat Barack Obama than to Republican John McCain, a reversal of previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, a nonpartisan group reported Thursday. ...more

August 15, 2008

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering whether to revise the Pentagon's own policy that prevents most oil and gas drilling within military training areas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off of Florida. ...more

August 6, 2008

Those 75,000 Democrats who will pack a football stadium for Barack Obama's convention speech won't be there just to whoop and holler on television. They'll form the world's largest phone bank to boost voter registration: fired-up supporters using computer targeting the campaign has spent months putting together. ...more

July 31, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican John McCain's campaign on Saturday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for canceling a visit to wounded troops in Germany, contending Obama chose foreign leaders and cheering Europeans over "injured American heroes." ...more

July 26, 2008