WASHINGTON _ The new Republican fundraising plan isn’t all that surprising once you understand that a campaign contribution, like water, always finds the cracks.

What’s a tad ironic is the beneficiary of this campaign cash: John McCain,  who has spent…

WASHINGTON _ This is one of those stories that cuts both ways for a candidate.

On one hand, John McCain has the reputation as a fellow with a short fuse, something not altogether desirable for the commander of the world’s biggest nuclear arsenal.…

WASHINGTON–Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, is spending much of this week’s congressional break in the Middle East, where he and other lawmakers are visiting Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and other international hotspots.

In a call from the road (he found a…

WASHINGTON _ John McCain’s POW years and deep military roots are a key selling point for his presidential candidacy. At the Republican National Convention this summer, expect the GOP to frame McCain as an American hero, and rightly so.

So when somebody…

WASHINGTON–Liberals are furious that Congress, despite being in Democratic hands, continues to fund the war in Iraq. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the war was the primary reason for Congress’ low approval ratings and said she lives in a world of…

WASHINGTON _ He may be making history with a face that shows up in most papers most days and on Web sites around the world. But could it be that Barack Obama looks different in person?

The Hill, a weekly that focuses…

WASHINGTON _ On the flip-flop meter, John McCain’s recent embrace of off-shore oil exploration after opposing it over the years didn’t register quite as strong as Barack Obama renouncing public financing of his campaign.

But some folks noticed.  A fellow Republican, California…

WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama needs the votes of a whole lot of gun-owners if he expects to win in places like Missouri and Michigan, let alone in Colorado and Virginia.

That’s why his words today and before today are being parsed…

WASHINGTON_Congressional women want to hear Barack Obama give his speech on racism again, only this time, they want it to be about sexism.

In an attempt to close the gap between Clinton-supporting women and Obama, he will meet with female…

WASHINGTON _ Ralph Nader certainly isn’t making any friends in the Democratic Party these days.

And he doesn’t have a whole lot of  Democratic friends to begin with, considering that many in the party still blame him for Al Gore’s razor-thin loss…