Is the McCain-Palin rhetoric signaling a reformed Republican Party? ...more

September 25, 2008

Belittling John McCain as a relic of the disco age, Democrat Barack Obama pushed his campaign Friday to a new level of counterpunching "on the issues that matter" and directed his running mate to be tougher on their Republican opponents. ...more

September 13, 2008

Why do Republicans constantly talk about compromise and bipartisanship when Democrats almost never do and when they do, don't mean it? Democrats rarely compromise when they are in the majority. ...more

September 9, 2008

Political parties usually reform in the wilderness. They suffer some crushing defeat, the old guard is discredited and the pain compels turnover and change. John McCain is trying to reform the Republican Party before a presidential defeat, with the old guard still around, and with a party base that still hasn't accepted the need to transform. The central drama of this week's convention was the struggle by reform Republicans to break through the gravitational pull of old habits and create something new. ...more

September 6, 2008

Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who ran for vice president as a Democrat eight years ago, Tuesday night ignited the Republican convention by praising his good friend, Sen. John McCain, as a person whose willingness to put the country above party earned him the right to be the next president of the United States. ...more

September 3, 2008

Republican presidential candidate John McCain decided on a running mate early Thursday, aides said. ...more

August 29, 2008

The presidential race in Florida is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll out today, showing Barack Obama with a lead of a single percentage point. ...more

August 28, 2008

DENVER - The presidential race in Florida is locked in a dead heat, according to a poll out today, showing Barack Obama with a lead of a single percentage point. ...more

August 28, 2008

The different paths John McCain and Barack Obama have taken to support expanded offshore drilling for oil demonstrate how each would govern as president, their supporters said Sunday. ...more

August 4, 2008

Supporters are seeking a presidential pardon for an anti-Castro activist sentenced to life in prison plus 35 years for the murder of a Cuban diplomat and other bomb- and weapons-related charges. ...more

August 1, 2008