WASHINGTON–Just hours before a vanquished Hillary Clinton returned to the Senate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., weighed in on one of a lingering questions raised by the Democratic presidential primary: whether sexism played a role in Clinton’s defeat.

Pelosi—the nation’s first female Speaker—seemed…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is a garrulous politician who loves to joke about how her mouth “gets me in trouble.” But she was keeping it shut tight (trying, anyway) this morning at a meeting with Missouri reporters when she was…

WASHINGTON–St. Louis Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr. was among the first to fill our inbox Tuesday night with a thank-goodness-it’s-over press release cheering Sen. Barack Obama’s hard-fought victory in the Democratic presidential race.

The Missouri Democrat didn’t just wax poetic about…

Sen. Claire McCaskill braved “The Colbert Report” last night, enduring the faux TV pundit’s ribbing about her gender and her presidential preference, among other things.

McCaskill, D-Mo., did not make an utter fool of herself on Comedy Central’s late-night news-parody show, as…

WASHINGTON _ Is Hillary delusional? Obama a loser? McCain in need of a rocking chair?

If you’ve got better questions than that, bring ‘em on today, May 28, at 11 a.m. for a live discussion with me about national politics. You…

WASHINGTON — Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,  is labor’s most experienced political leader. He was among the first to recognize the potential of a young presidential longshot from Arkansas named Bill Clinton. Four years ago,…

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s strong appeal to working-class voters not only continued Tuesday in West Virginia, it was practically off the charts. This is a key swing group in battleground states and if likely nominee Barack Obama hopes to win a…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., appears to have general election fever. The presidential candidate, who hasn’t yet locked up the Democratic nomination, is planning a trip to Missouri tomorrow, even though the Show-Me State’s primary is long over.

So while his rival,…

 WASHINGTON — An interesting name surfaced on a Sunday talk show in a discussion of potential vice presidential candidates.

Richard Gephardt.

On Fox News Sunday, moderator Chris Wallace asked the panel whether Barack Obama, if he wins the Democratic nomination, would be…

WASHINGTON–As Sens. Barack Obama , D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., continue to bloody each other up in the Democratic presidential slugfest, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is turning his attention toward the final match. 

One of his first big decisions, of…