So which Minnesota U.S. House member will flip and vote for the bailout bill? MPR's Tom Scheck says including the "mental health parity" bill in Bailout 2.0 is aimed at switching Jim Ramstad's "no" vote on ...
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is launching a scathing ad against his GOP opponent, claiming John McCain wants to divert the nation's attention from the economic crisis.
Before William Bill Jefferson has his day in Court on federal charges, he will have his day before the voters in his runoff against his Democratic opponent.
'I am willing to give up my seat over this," said Rep. Jim Marshall on his "yes" vote for the bailout bill.
Branding his opponent as 'erratic in a crisis,' Sen. Barack Obama is preempting plans by Sen.
Conservative state senator Tom McClintock served as Fred Thompson's presidential campaign's chairman in California.
The Republican Party may be deeply fractured over the bailout, but supporters and opponents of the measure agree on one thing: an obscure Carter administration policymaker named Bill Isaac helped kill the bill ...
John McCain told the Des Moines Register this week that he always tells "100 percent absolute truth," even in campaign ads.
Well, it's over, and all the usual suspects, myself included, say John McCain won...and all the other usual suspects say Barack Obama won" but they say it ever so weakly, ever so circumspectly, perfectly ...
Ooooohhhhh.... maverick temper gonna go boom!Branding his opponent as "erratic in a crisis," Sen.
This man is going to be the death of me. My heart can't take any more of our senior senator, once rumored to be a Republican: John Warner might vote for Democrat By Mike Allen, Politico Retiring Sen.
Regarding tomorrow night's VP debate, I have to think Palin will do better than people think, because shea s pulled it off before , albeit in a less-stressful environment where the Alaska media werena t already ...
It's called going pre-emptively negative.A The Politico says that the Obama campaign has decided that since John McCain is about to launch "dishonorable" attacks on Barack Obama, the Democratic Presidential ...
Trouble with witnesses and evidence in Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial could result in the case being thrown out.
"Mom was not an extraordinary person, but she was a person who accomplished extraordinary things, and this is an important thing because each of us is needed to continue her work.
U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, a Springfield Democrat, voted for the financial bailout plan, although earlier Wednesday he compared it to a root canal.
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama is preparing to pre-empt Republican attacks linking him with unsavory Chicago figures, his campaign says.
CNN: Biden, Palin have different missions in debate Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Gov.
Everybody has debate advice for Sarah Palin . As the big moment in St. Louis approaches, commentators and pundits are pitching tips and strategies.
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