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–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…

Update: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said they will continue to accept money from lobbyists and abide by ethics rules passed by the Democratic Congress. Although Obama’s decree has no power over them, the decision could…

WASHINGTON–Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., has been an odd man out in the Senate Democratic Caucus for a while now. After all, the maverick Democrat-turned-Independent has been one of Bush’s biggest backers on the war. Then he bolted his party after being…

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…

WASHINGTON – It’s Sen. Barack Obama vs. Sen. John McCain.

And what’s next for Hillary Clinton?

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau Chief Bill Lambrecht will be answering questions about the presidential race Wednesday at 11 a.m. You can post your questions for Bill now.

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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,…