Two old sayings are colliding in the presidential campaign, and there's some truth to both of them. Politics is dirty. Midwesterners are nice.
Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.
Some quotes from Wednesday's Republican presidential candidate debate in Johnston, Iowa:
The subdued Republican debate Wednesday belied the fierce, increasingly negative battle in Iowa and elsewhere for the party's presidential nomination.
A Democratic presidential debate scheduled for next week in Boston has been scrapped because of the earlier-than-usual Iowa caucuses, a spokeswoman for CNN, one of the event's organizers, said Monday.
Some excerpts from Sunday's debate for Spanish-language audiences between Republican presidential hopefuls. Tom Tancredo, a long-shot candidate who has made a tough stance on immigration the centerpiece of his campaign, refused to attend.
Republican presidential candidates are adding a twist to one of the principal tenets of medicine: First, do no harm — to yourself.
Call it the duck analogy: Tuesday's Democratic debate, coming amid an intensifying effort to win Iowa's first voting caucuses, made the presidential contest seem calm on the surface even as the campaigns are paddling feverishly below.
Quotes from the Democrats' debate Tuesday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson missed the debate to attend a memorial service for a Korean war soldier whose remains he brought home from North Korea in April.
Democratic rivals assailed front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday for a vote against Iran that they portrayed as misguided and dangerous in light of a new intelligence report that says the Iranians stopped pursuing a nuclear weapon years ago.
CNN is calling its Republican presidential debate a roaring success, despite a flap over one on-air questioner who turned out to be an adviser to Hillary Clinton.
Some quotes from Wednesday night's Republican debate:
The Democratic National Committee has canceled a scheduled presidential debate in Los Angeles because of a potential strike by CBS news writers.
Republican presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney scornfully debated immigration Wednesday in a provocative, no-holds-barred CNN/YouTube debate just over a month before the first votes are cast.
Questions submitted for Wednesday's CNN-YouTube Republican debate raise issues that range from global warming — a question asked by a snowman — to gun violence to respect for gays.
A potential strike by CBS News writers imperils a debate among Democratic presidential contenders in California.
Never mind any questions of whether any squeezing actually took place. The real question is who gets credit for creating the catchphrase "Please don't squeeze the Charmin."
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards ran into many of the challenges of the Nevada caucus when he stopped by a New York-style deli for a bagel and cream cheese.
Hillary Rodham Clinton showed she knows how to use the roughhouse tactics of the political boys club.
A 23-year-old college student who was told by a Southwest Airlines employee that her outfit was too revealing to fly is wearing even less on Playboy's Web site.
Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records.
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Saturday this week's televised debate was a pivotal moment in his campaign, making it clear now to voters what choices they have.
In the City of Brotherly Love, there wasn't much for a sister.
Quotes from the Democrats' debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Debate organizers excluded former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel on grounds that he did not meet fundraising and polling thresholds.
Democrats Barack Obama and John Edwards sharply challenged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's candor, consistency and judgment Tuesday in a televised debate that underscored her front-runner status two months before the first presidential primary votes.