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Clinton, Obama Try Unconventional on Stops in the West and Midwest

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) sprinted across the West and Midwest on Saturday, drawing thousands of voters who this week will have their first chance in years to cast a meaningful primary ballot. ...more.

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Contenders Highlight GOP's Ideological Struggle

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

CHICAGO -- In the final days before Tuesday's coast-to-coast presidential voting, the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are laying bare the ideological struggle inside their party over shaping a post-George W. Bush era. ...more.

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Romney Prevails in Maine's Nonbinding Republican Caucuses

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 2 -- Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney won Maine's nonbinding Republican caucuses Saturday. ...more.

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African Americans

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

ST. LOUIS -- Sen. Barack Obama's appeal to African Americans will face a critical test Tuesday when he attempts to win droves of black votes in states where he hasn't campaigned extensively. ...more.

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The Talk Shows

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: ...more.

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Retirements From House Adding Up

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

Rep. James T. Walsh (R-N.Y.) spent last year aggressively fundraising and campaigning for what promised to be a very close election in his toss-up district in Syracuse. A 10-term House veteran and senior member on the coveted House Appropriations Committee, Walsh raised more than $780,000, almost... ...more.

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President's Spending Plan Would Rival 2004 Deficit

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

President Bush will present a budget tomorrow that would slow the growth of Medicare and cut or eliminate an array of domestic programs but still anticipates a flood of new red ink that will rival the record deficits of his first term, administration officials said. ...more.

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Working-Class Whites

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

BAYONNE, N.J. -- Roxanne Zygmund is in many ways a typical daughter of this fading factory town. A descendant of Polish immigrants. "Bayonne-born and -raised," as the locals like to say. Enlisted in the military right after graduating from Bayonne High School. Worked for 15 years at the Military... ...more.

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Obama, Clinton Are Even In Poll

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:09 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) are running roughly even nationally as the battle for the Democratic nomination heads into Tuesday's big round of primaries and caucuses, while Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has jumped to a dominating lead over his remaining rivals in the... ...more.

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Bill Clinton's Legacy

added on 2008-02-03 10:00:09 (Washington Post - Politics)

NORMAN, Okla. -- It fell to Mike Turpen, a former Oklahoma attorney general, to warm up the crowd, and he did so with gusto. "Bill Clinton!" he shouted to several thousand people gathered in the McCasland Field House at the University of Oklahoma. "He gave us eight years of peace and prosperity! Do... ...more.

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