Clinton (Easton, Pennsylvania)

ACTRESS Maria Bello had a few days off from filming on location in Connecticut. She decided she wanted to help Sen. Barack Obama more than she needed to rest. So on Friday, she joined her onetime school mate John Prendergast, an African affairs expert in...

With just over three weeks until Election Day, the two presidential nominees appear to be on opposite trajectories, with Barack Obama gaining momentum and John McCain stalled or losing ground on a range of issues and personal traits, according to a...

Here's fresh fodder for the buzz about Rudy Giuliani, that Republican former mayor of New York who is said to stand too far left for the Republican Party's nomination but stands up pretty well against the best the Democratic Party has to offer in 2008:...

by Amanda Erickson This week's New York magazine discusses what few are comfortable talking about: whether likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will lose the presidential race because he's black. The main story, by political reporter John...

It worked for Clinton and Gore in 1992, so Obama and Biden will try to reprise their success with a bus tour to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan to hit economic issues in battleground states following the convention: "Today, the......

For years, New York City officials and the bistate Port Authority engaged in high-profile clashes over reconstruction of Ground Zero and other projects. Now Bruce Blakeman is in the unusual position of campaigning for the Republican mayoral nomination -...

Over the past 24 hours, at least some in the McCain campaign have been promoting a new strategic approach: Pulling out of states like Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, where their position is rapidly eroding, and throwing everything they've......

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, an Obama supporter, makes an interesting point on CNN: Clinton, making the case for her electability, has to argue that Obama has some fatal weakness among certain groups (especially, blue-collar white voters). But in doing......

A new Quinnipiac poll out today shows Clinton stronger than Obama in three key "swing states" -- Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. In Florida, McCain tops Obama 45-41, while Clinton tops McCain 48 - 41. In Ohio, McCain beats Obama......

by Glenn Thrush of Newsday WASHINGTON--Hillary Rodham Clinton has told close associates that it's highly likely she'll drop out of the presidential race on Friday, according to two prominent Democrats close to the campaign. Calls to Clinton's press office...

By David Nitkin Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin and Rep. Chris Van Hollen announced their support for Barack Obama today. The Maryland Democrats joined the wave of uncommitted superdelegates who are striving to patch over rifts exposed during the primaries and......

Leading the country ever closer to combat, President Bush declared a national emergency Friday during a nationwide day of prayer -- vowing to ``rid the world of evil'' as he mixed pledges of retaliation with prayers of remembrance. ``The people who...