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The 2008 presidential race began so early that voters have been on a first-name basis for months with Hillary and Barack, Rudy, Mitt and the other contenders. Yet people seem no closer to choosing from among them.
Several newspapers made endorsements Sunday in the presidential race.
MOSCOW AP) — Dmitry Medvedev, the presumed next president of Russia, on Thursday fended off concerns that the March 2 election would come under criticism from the West.
Lee Myung-bak won South Korea's presidential election Wednesday by a landslide as voters overlooked fraud allegations in hopes the former Hyundai CEO will revive the economy.
Bill Clinton says Sen. Barack Obama is a highly ambitious, political prodigy who is asking voters to "roll the dice" and elect him president.
South Korea's parliament voted Monday to launch an independent investigation into fraud allegations against the leading presidential candidate just days ahead of the vote.
The Des Moines Register's editorial board is endorsing Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton ahead of the state's Jan. 3 presidential caucuses, contending they top the field in competence and readiness to lead in a time of dissension at home and distrust and peril abroad.
The Kremlin appears to have checkmated chess genius Garry Kasparov, eliminating the internationally known figure from the presidential race.
President Bush granted pardons Tuesday to carjackers, drug dealers, a moonshiner and a violator of election laws, but not to I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, his vice president's former top aide who was convicted in the case of the leaked identity of a CIA operative.
It's crunch time. Nine Republican and six Democratic candidates will meet this week in their final debates before the lead off Iowa caucuses, and lively exchanges are all but certain.
Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Rodham Clinton have secrecy issues dogging them.
A power battle is raging in South Africa, pitting President Thabo Mbeki, who spearheaded an economic boom but alienated many of the poor, against former deputy Jacob Zuma, whose reputation has survived rape and corruption charges.
Rudy Giuliani is doing so well among conservatives that even those who don't back his presidential bid turn to him in strong numbers when asked to name their second choice, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll showed Thursday.
THE RACE: The presidential primary race for Democrats, Republicans in New Hampshire
Presidents don't have indefinite veto power over which records are made public after they've left office, a federal judge ruled Monday.
White men, conservatives, evangelicals and other pivotal blocs are divided among the Republican Party's leading contenders for president, leaving the race for the 2008 GOP nomination highly fluid, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.
Newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua is calling for an end to the massive delegations of well-wishers arriving in the capital to congratulate him, saying the visits are keeping him from his new duties.
Vermont senators voted Friday to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, saying their actions have raised "serious questions of constitutionality."
As the cost of presidential campaigns moves toward the $1 billion mark, leading congressional advocates of tougher campaign finance laws want to reduce the influence of special interests by pumping more taxpayer money into the system.
President Bush gave a pre-Christmas gift to 17 minor criminals, but even after adding these pardons and one sentence commutation to his record he remains one of the stingiest presidents for such federal forgiveness.
Can George Washington and Thomas Jefferson succeed where Susan B. Anthony and Sacajawea failed? The U.S. Mint is hoping America's presidents will win acceptance, finally, for the maligned dollar coin.
Come on people we can win this thing! Let's get Ron Paul a top three finish in Iowa and give everyone something to talk about today (and make Fox News eat their words) .
The only similarity between the Democratic and Republican caucuses is that they are both holding one tomorrow.
Presidential candidate Ron Paul raised almost $20 million for his campaign in the last three months, potentially outpacing every one of his Republican rivals and putting his fundraising in league with Hillary Clinton's.
The year 2007 wasn't a good one for political honesty. Though not even technically an election year, it provided a bumper crop of falsehoods and distortions nonetheless. Presidential candidates kept us busy:
New Fundraising possibility for the Senator Thompson campaign
This is a link to a video that was posted on youtube approximately one year ago, but given John McCain's run for the presidency, and considering our amazingly short collective memory, it is more applicable today than it was when it was initially posted and it deserves a fresh l …
Giuliani is the right man for the job. He is liberal on social issues and conservative on fiscal ones. Go Rudy!
In Iowa, where he's leading the Republican field, Mike Huckabee bills himself as a "Christian leader." But here in New England, where voters are more taciturn about their religious beliefs, Huckabee is a "committed conservative," according to his television ads.
If it were me running for President of the United States. This is what my statement to the American people would be. No fluff but straightforward and to the point. This is what I want to hear. What about you?
In the Dec. 12 Republican presidential debate in Des Moines: Arizona Sen. John McCain promised to make the U.S. "oil independent" within five years, a goal experts say can't be achieved.
JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) - Republican presidential rivals called Wednesday for deep cuts in federal spending, and said the reductions need not require painful sacrifice by the millions of Americans who receive government services.
Hillary Rodham Clinton has not yet won the presidency, nor has she won the Democratic nomination.
Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph W. Giuliani reaffirmed yesterday that he continues to hold a financial stake in the security consulting firm he launched after leaving the New York mayor's office and said the company's client list will remain confidential.
To appreciate Hillary Clinton's fundamental political problem, consider the 11 Democrats from Philadelphia who gathered last week to discuss the U.S. presidential race, almost all of whom would vote for her in a general election.
Last night Allen posed the question, "who would Jesus vote for?" Like only the Allen Hunt Show can, we received responses from across the political spectrum.
One day before the last presidential debate, Fred Thompson began to get lots of air time and publicity. On november 27th, one day before the last debate, Fred was on the Hannity show. On November 30th, Rush Limbaugh mentioned Fred Thompson as the true conservative. That same d …
This article is a little dated, but Joe Carter of Evangelical Outpost, Matthew Anderson of Mere Orthodoxy, and Justin Taylor of Between Two Worlds (3 of the most widely read God-bloggers) drafted a careful argument to back their endorsement of Mike Huckabee.
The Democrats fear Huckabee. He would be hard to beat in a general election. This is yet one more reason why Republicans should unite around Huckabee.
Michael Medved of Townhall.com considers this question.
With Huckabee surging and Rudy sliding, everything we thought we knew about this campaign is turned on its head. Read Soren Dayton's thoughts on how this changes the overall Republican race for president.
No, Good Morning America had it wrong. Huckabee never pardoned Wayne Dummond. In fact he also had no power to grant parole. If you care about the facts, check out Huckabee' explanation of the sad case of Wayne Dummond.
Huckabee earns a nomination from the New Hampshire NEA. Just like other unions have done this year, the NH NEA is giving a Republican and a Democrat endorsement. Huckabee is smart for seeking support in traditionally non-Republican sectors.
Back in August I wrote the following reasons why Huckabee can win the general election. Now with Huckabee leading the polls in Iowa, SC and even in some national polls, he is starting to gain name recognition, traction, and is even better positioned to win it all.
Al Gore is not running for president — not yet, anyway, his most ardent supporters would say –- but the campaign to draft him in New York lives, if only on life support, in an apartment on East 84th Street.
Republican White House candidate Mitt Romney will give a speech this week directly addressing questions about his Mormon faith and the role it would play in his presidency, his campaign said on Sunday.
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