At such a late date, this might come as a shock to the supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, but your pol was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

August 26, 2008

Michelle Obama told Democrats on the opening night of their convention that her husband and their presumed nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, emerged from humble beginnings with an understanding of the need to serve and inspire. ...more

August 26, 2008

A walk through the seating floor of the Pepsi Center at the Democratic National Convention in Denver yields some quick evidence that Sen. Barack Obama intends to make Florida one of the premier battleground states of his presidential campaign. ...more

August 25, 2008

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said. ...more

August 21, 2008

It is "pretty likely" Florida's 210 delegates will have full voting rights at the Democratic National Convention, says the co-chairman of the panel that will decide that issue. ...more

August 19, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced Sunday in a nod to her strong second-place showing in the party's presidential primary. ...more

August 11, 2008

In an effort to cast himself as independent of the influence of money on politics, Sen. Barack Obama often highlights the campaign contributions of $200 or less that have amounted to fully half of the $340 million he has collected so far. ...more

August 6, 2008

Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. ...more

August 3, 2008

Sen. John McCain's campaign accused Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday of playing "the race card," citing his remarks that Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out he "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills." ...more

August 1, 2008

For all the lengths Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have gone to in keeping their hunt for a vice president under wraps, their deliberations are in some ways being conducted in plain sight. ...more

July 20, 2008