WASHINGTON–When Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., suspended her presidential bid last weekend, many of her female supporters watched with bitter disappointment as their hopes of the seeing first woman president were dashed. Questions of sexism have been raised from the start of her ground-breaking campaign, with…

WASHINGTON _ Was she forced to endure “terrible treatment” running for the Democratic nomination, and should that be a factor in Barack Obama’s decision whether to choose her for a running mate?

Hillary Clinton’s poor treatment is a contention of the Women…

WASHINGTON _ The drip, drip torture of superdelegates deciding for Barack Obama must be getting to Bill Clinton.

You’d think that an ex-two term president and renowned political brain might be able to hold himself in check a tad better. Especially when…

WASHINGTON _ There were mixed signals today on when this epic Democratic primary contest will finally end.

This morning, Hillary Clinton’s campaign sent out yet another fundraising appeal, asking folks for as little as $5 “and help me win the nomination.”

But there was…

WASHINGTON _ A few minutes ago, John McCain’s “ecampaign” sent out a message that began thusly: “It has been 873 days since Sen. Obama’s one and only visit to Iraq.”

Tonight, Barack Obama planned to recall to an audience these words uttered…

Here’s an interesting Web site I stumbled upon this morning: Global Grind, a social/political/music network founded by hip hop mogul Russell Simmons.

According to Simmons (via the NYT) the web portal’s purpose is to “connect the hip-hop generation — motivate…

Military members are one of the key endorsements courted by candidates in an election year. They will likely be particularly sought-after this year, as either Sen. Barack Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton face Sen. John McCain and his lauded service record.

And don’t…

This one stirred a firestorm yesterday and is still buzzing on the Internet. It’s already been written about on this blog and many major papers carried the story in this morning’s editions.

I’m adding links for more background and a…

WASHINGTON _ If Hillary Clinton has any desire to become Barack Obama’s running mate, she might want to refrain from further comments like she uttered today in South Dakota.

Referring to pressures to abandon her candidacy for the Democrats’ presidential nomination, Clinton told…

WASHINGTON _ A great deal has been made about Barack Obama’s inability to inspire working class white voters, and for good reason.Obama lost to Hillary Clinton in the swing states of Ohio and Pennsylvania because of his problem appealing to wide swaths of those voters.…