Delegates from Florida and three other big states won by Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries got a late-night surprise Tuesday: a visit from the New York senator herself. ...more

August 28, 2008

Hillary Rodham Clinton's supporters had mixed reactions Saturday to the selection of Joe Biden as the Democrats' vice presidential candidate. ...more

August 24, 2008

In keeping with his "messiah" image, Barack Obama might have been more at home in Bethlehem, Pa., than in Unity, N.H., when he and his "former" nemesis, Hillary Clinton, opened their new act on the road to mixed reviews. ...more

July 2, 2008

Many people find Barack Obama's meteoric campaign and Democratic nomination amazing. ...more

June 27, 2008

Many people find Barack Obama's meteoric campaign and Democratic nomination amazing. This scenario could be one explanation. President Bill Clinton's escapades are one major factor. His administration's record is almost the opposite of President Bush II's record. Yet, his personal failings resulted in V.P. Al Gore's defeat in 2000, with the Florida government's assistance. The following horrendous eight years were the price the American people paid. Barack Obama's amazing nomination did not just happen, it was planned, and Hillary Clinton was the sacrifice. Sen. Obama's ability to raise an unheard of $270 million for a primary campaign was initiated long before he announced he was running. That factor paved the way for him. These backers knew it was risky to challenge President Clinton, but they reasoned since the economy was so bad and the Iraq War was still a quagmire, Obama could still win the presidential election. Their stealth campaign was brilliant. Now the real campaign begins. ...more

June 26, 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

A self-identified African-American caller to a Washington, D.C., radio station characterized the recent anti-Hillary Clinton outburst by the white liberal Chicago priest, Michael Pfleger, as a "minstrel show." ...more

June 4, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife, Michelle, announced Saturday they would leave their longtime Chicago church, Trinity United Church of Christ, after racially charged comments by a visiting pastor last week dragged the presidential candidate into yet another controversy over religion and race. ...more

June 1, 2008

Leapfrogging past a primary contest that his supporters say is effectively over, Barack Obama opened his general election campaign for Florida on Wednesday with a standard stump speech and a surprise endorsement from Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. ...more

May 22, 2008

Sen. John McCain of Arizona all but sewed up the Republican presidential nomination Thursday after Mitt Romney withdrew from the race, saying the war in Iraq and the terrorist threat made it imperative that the party unite. ...more

February 8, 2008