Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York arrived in South Florida Wednesday behind in delegates, in money, and by most counts behind in number of votes cast in the monthslong slog to the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

May 22, 2008

Kids skipped school. Their moms took off from work. Thousands of people lined up in front of the St. Pete Times Forum on Wednesday to catch a glimpse of the man they thought would make history by becoming the nation's first black president. ...more

May 22, 2008

four months after he could have shown that the future leader of the free world doesn't take instructions from some puffed-up pipsqueak party bureaucrat about where he can go, who he can speak to and when - the presidential candidate most of America wants to tap a keg with says he's ready to rally the Florida faithful. ...more

May 20, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama has chosen to spend Tuesday night not in Kentucky or Oregon, the two states that will be holding their primaries that day, or even at his home in Chicago. Instead, Obama's staff announced Saturday, he will return to Iowa, where he won the Democratic caucuses way back in January and has at least two good reasons to revisit now. ...more

May 18, 2008

Wearing a flag lapel pin, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama emphasized his patriotism and support for a strong, humane military Monday, while New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton implored West Virginians to sustain her hopes of somehow denying him the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

May 13, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama erased Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who most likely will decide the party's nomination for president. ...more

May 11, 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

Sen. Barack Obama began trying to rally the Democratic Party around him Thursday. He struck a tougher tone against Sen. John McCain, saying McCain was "losing his bearings" in his pursuit of the presidency. ...more

May 9, 2008

Senate Democrats on Wednesday called for a windfall profits tax on oil companies and a rollback of $17 billion in oil industry tax breaks as part of an energy package. The proposal also would impose federal penalties on energy price gouging and calls for stopping oil deliveries into the government's emergency reserve. ...more

May 8, 2008

After Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's disappointing showing in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, her campaign acknowledges she needs the banned delegates from Florida and Michigan for any chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination. ...more

May 8, 2008