Cindy McCain typically plays the smiling but silent wife when she appears with her husband before reporters. Today she found reason to step forward to speak of her concern over land mines. - Select2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who previously said the issue of gay marriage should be left up to each state, has announced his opposition to a California ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriages. - Select2008
Barack Obama has taken a stroll this week away from traditional liberal political positions, his path toward the political center marked by artful leaps and turns. - Select2008
The big issue in the presidential campaign this week is fiscal policy, as John McCain and Barack Obama spar over whose economic plan will most benefit the country. - Select2008
Senator Barack Obama took a poke at his Republican opponent on Tuesday, saying that for Senator John McCain to talk of a “psychological benefit” from expanded offshore drilling is to define that policy as a gimmick. - Select2008
80% say John McCain can handle the responsibilities of this important role. Barack Obama lags well behind on the same measure, but does pass the 50% public confidence threshold. - Select2008
With communities in the Midwest still under water, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday criticized Republican John McCain for opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs and opened a new debate in the White House race. - Select2008
Senator Barack Obama is planning extensive advertising and voter-turnout drives across the nation to capitalize on his expected fund-raising advantage over Senator McCain to force Republicans to compete in states they have not had to defend in decades. - Select2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama announced Thursday that he would become the first presidential candidate to forgo public financing of his general election campaign since the system was established three decades ago. - Select2008
Likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama has begun a top-secret search for a running mate, fresh signs that the general election campaign is well under way and the primary race against Hillary Clinton is basically over. - Select2008
In the three months since Mitt Romney suspended his presidential campaign, the former Republican candidate has reshaped himself again, this time into a fervent supporter of former rival John McCain. - Select2008
Well, not quite. But the Democratic presidential primaries taking place on Tuesday in North Carolina and Indiana have more delegates up for grabs than any of the remaining contests. - Select2008
It is hard to run for office across this state, mostly because there is no single Indiana. Politically, culturally, economically, linguistically, there are at least three Indianas - Select2008
Hillary Clinton has re-opened her sharp attack on Barack Obama's position on guns, with a mailer in Indiana that seeks to raise questions about him with both supporters and opponents of gun rights. - Select2008
Sen. Barack Obama won the Democratic caucuses on Guam by seven votes over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, less than 0.2 percent of the vote in a spirited election that required an overnight hand count of the ballots, the Associated Press reported. - Select2008
As the nominating contest rages on, most of Barack Obama’s supporters say they would be satisfied if Hillary Clinton wins the party’s nomination for president. But that positive sentiment is not entirely reciprocated among Hillary Clinton’s supporte - Select2008
Senator Clinton decided to take on members of Congress over her proposal for a federal gas tax holiday this summer -– “are they with us or against us”. She risks antagonizing superdelegates who are members of Congress and who oppose the tax holiday. - Select2008
