John McCain running mate Sarah Palin sought Thursday to defend her qualifications but struggled with foreign policy, unable to describe President Bush's doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against threatening nations and acknowledging she's never met a foreign head of state. ...more

September 12, 2008

FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Thursday that she didn't blink when Republican John McCain asked her to be his running mate, a surprise selection that shook up the presidential race. ...more

September 11, 2008

The Iraqi government on Monday left little doubt that it favors a withdrawal plan for U.S. combat troops similar to what Sen. Barack Obama has proposed, providing Obama with a potentially powerful political boost on a day he spent in Iraq working to fortify his credibility as a wartime leader. ...more

July 22, 2008

Rudy Giuliani, who sought to make the leap from New York mayor to the White House, bowed out of the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and endorsed front-runner and longtime friend John McCain. ...more

January 31, 2008

The stretch-run of the Florida Republican primary brought co-front-runners John McCain and Mitt Romney back to the Tampa Bay area Friday, amid news that U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez endorsed one of them. ...more

January 26, 2008

Wide public discontent over the war in Iraq helped sweep Democrats to the control of Congress last year. But Iraq is becoming less of an issue for both parties, either on the campaign trail or in the nation's capital, ahead of the fast-approaching presidential primaries. ...more

December 30, 2007