Mar 5, 2008 – What's the essential difference between the two remaining candidates battling it out for the Democratic presidential nomination … Huey's conclusion: "The only difference I've found in Congress between the Republican and Democratic leadership is that one of…

Mar 5, 2008 – battle of the fall, both parties prefer to ignore the painful reality of a narrowly divided electorate and to consider their candidates … Going all the way back to Kennedy's race in 1960, eight of the 12 presidential contests have yielded a winner who won less than 51% … All other presidential victories produced either minority presidents (Kennedy in '60, Nixon in '68, Clinton in both his races, Bush…

Mar 4, 2008 – Delegates are broken down into senatorial districts, and the delegates are proportional to how the Democratic presidential candidate … while the system rewards the voters for good behavior (and punishes bad behavior), it seems to unfairly or arbitrarily punish the candidates…

Mar 4, 2008 – And as for Republican presidential candidate Sen. … Hillary hits The Internet's unprecedented role in the 2008 presidential campaign seems to mirror the candidates' rise and fall … Spock, which dubs itself the Web's leading people-search engine, reports that Democratic presidential candidate Sen.…

Mar 3, 2008 – Let me talk briefly about our 2008 Republican presidential nomination. … Today, the RNC is in much better financial shape than the Democratic National Committee. … But the NRSC and the NRCC are falling behind the National Democratic Senatorial Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign…

Mar 3, 2008 – Such a powerful and understandable sentiment seems to be operating in the minds of millions of Americans currently backing Democratic … presidential candidates who promise, if elected, to begin immediately withdrawing our forces from harm’s way (at least the Iraqi part…

Mar 2, 2008 – And it’s dumb-founding how, today, presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama can completely ignore the “direction … But the point here is obvious - - the Democratic presidential candidates are presenting economic plans that are chock-full of ideas … But while both Democratic presidential candidates promise “change,” they speak as though it is actually possible to avoid the very…

Mar 1, 2008 – Charlie Crist by promising him the vice presidential nomination. … candidates. … A recent Democratic poll (Global Strategy Group) showed the Democratic candidate, liberal businessman-physicist Bill Foster, taking…

Mar 1, 2008 – the same candidates and only four states' results were different. … Many votes that went Democratic in 2000 and 2004 are available to McCain. … And many of the new voters surging into the electorate may be available to both candidates.…

Mar 20, 2008 – Government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lending agencies also could be bailout candidates. … The populist prospect of a new Democratic administration and Democratic Congress that will impose higher taxes and trade protection … candidates preoccupied by Iraq.…

Mar 20, 2008 – The presidential candidates, one of whom will be elected in November, were focusing on other issues like Iraq, seemingly ignoring the … Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential front-runner, was striking back at Clinton's charges that his pledge to end the war wasn't…

Mar 20, 2008 – According to an analysis of the fiscal 2009 House Democratic majority's federal budget by Brian Riedl of The Heritage Foundation, … Worse (if that's possible) the Democratic budget proposal increases discretionary spending by 8 percent and does not eliminate even … All three presidential candidates returned from the campaign trail to vote for the measure. Sen.…

Mar 20, 2008 – Unlike the other two major presidential candidates, I have never spent time with Sen. Obama, or spoken with him by phone. … But here's the real question: How will white voters react if Obama is the Democratic nominee? … He has won much of the Democratic white vote in many states.…

Mar 20, 2008 – Both candidates have already won important primaries, and neither has yet pulled significantly ahead. … Many Democratic leaders fear that this will lead to bad blood and damage the party's chances in November. … As I have said before, 2008 is by rights a Democratic year.…

Mar 19, 2008 – The Democratic front-runner, the first viable black presidential candidate, showed that a liberal can, in fact, abandon the calcified … Democratic politicians have carried the baggage of black victimology and white guilt for generations. … Whenever Republican candidates have tried to advance our politics without such baggage, Democrats have yelled, “Here, catch,” and crushed…

Mar 19, 2008 – Good grief, candidates — and from the same party, no less. As Rodney King said, can't we all get along? … Unprecedented We keep hearing about unprecedented numbers of Democrats coming out to vote in the 2008 presidential primaries. … The Democratic National Committee told us yesterday that a whopping 2.8 million Democratic ballots were cast in the recent Texas primary…

Mar 18, 2008 – Jeff Flake, and current Republican presidential nominee John McCain have all drawn a clear line in the fight against earmarks. … Already, 10 current legislators and five candidates for office have promised to put a stop to this egregious practice. … Substantial opposition remains from Democratic leadership in Congress and, more troublesomely, from several Republicans whose seats…

Mar 17, 2008 – Let me talk briefly about our 2008 Republican presidential nomination. … Today, the RNC is in much better financial shape than the Democratic National Committee. … But the NRSC and the NRCC are falling behind the National Democratic Senatorial Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign…

Mar 17, 2008 – WASHINGTON -- The economy's emergence as the main issue in this year's presidential election means that the voters will be pounded … But campaign reporters remain woefully uninformed about economic issues and show little interest in examining whether the Democratic … candidates' negative statements regarding free trade hold up to serious scrutiny.…

Mar 16, 2008 – Senators John McCain and Barack Obama share precious little in common aside from their mutual status as presidential frontrunners. … Few political candidates have the capacity to consistently raise goosebumps, cause swooning supporters to faint at rallies, and even … The Democratic base is desperate for change, and Obama captured this sentiment early on in the campaign.…

Mar 14, 2008 – Barack Obama’s presidential bid gives our country -- which is famous for striving but not known for introspection -- a perfect opportunity … In 1988 Jesse Jackson’s bid fell far short of the Democratic nomination, but he did manage to rile up quite a few people. … As the Democratic primary process drags on through the spring and summer in a virtual tie, candidates Clinton and Obama (and their…

Mar 14, 2008 – overwhelmingly rejected a one-year ban on earmarks strongly backed by a small contingent of fiscal hawks, including Republican presidential … In the run-up to the vote longtime earmarkers and Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.) and Sen. … McCain said in a statement directed toward Clinton and Obama before the vote , “I am encouraged by some of my Democratic colleagues…

Mar 14, 2008 – The findings from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center come from two separate surveys, one on the presidential election and another … candidates and various issues in the campaign, including several questions on Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror. … And barely 14 percent favor Democratic candidate Sen. Barack Obama's position, removing all troops immediately.…

Mar 13, 2008 – But in recent days, Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives have not been providing those tools. … Check out the presidential candidates’ websites.…

Mar 13, 2008 – Eliot Spitzer, the most prominent Democratic governor in the country, who built his reputation on prosecuting the crooks on Wall Street … The stunning revelations about the governor have effectively wiped the Democratic presidential race off much of the nation's front … Then, in a scenario Democratic leaders fear most, the remaining 300 or so unpledged superdelegates will decide who wins.…