National update: Hillary Clinton must figure out a way to slow Barack Obama's surge of momentum, and Wisconsin may be a key state. John McCain's big drawback is having no real base in the party. Our...
It seemed like a general election last night as we followed state-by-state results, east to west, in the Democratic and Republican nominating contests.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, having lost a tight contest in Florida to Arizona Sen. John McCain, could not have arrived for last night's GOP debate, at the Reagan Library in southern...
I am still in Arizona and witnessing the buildup here to the Democratic and Republican contests next Tuesday, Feb. 5, when both parties' presidential nominees could be determined by primaries and...
A showdown in Florida for Republicans and the endorsement by Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy could be tipping points. Has Bill Clinton killed his wife's chance to be president?
I am continuing my Johnny Appleseed book tour while absorbing national and regional vibrations. I have found an intense interest not only in the presidential nominating campaigns and candidates but...
Saturday, Jan. 19, found me housebound in Raleigh, N.C.. While a rare snow-sleet-storm took place outside, I periodically checked in on political developments nationally and in the Nevada presidential...
Sen. John McCain's bid for a breakout in the Michigan Republican Presidential primary fell short Tuesday night and reset the GOP nominating campaign as a three-way race among McCain, Michigan winner...
Because neither Clinton nor Obama has broad or deep foreign policy experience, it seems clear that either as Presidential nominee would choose a running mate who would reassure voters that a future...
There is only a small chance that Washington state's Feb. 9 caucuses will have any effect whatever on either party's nominating processes. The odds still point to decisions on Super Tuesday, four...
