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–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–Forget the veep stakes. The latest buzz consuming those in the U.S. Capitol, well at least some Illinois lawmakers, is who might take Barack Obama’s seat in the U.S. Senate if he wins the presidency.

Okay, the general election is still five…

Well today is yet another showdown between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

Since the N.C./Ind. primaries early this month, the primary contest has appeared to hardly be a contest, as Obama has essentially become the presumptive nominee.

Today’s races,…

WASHINGTON — It was a mixed day Tuesday for Barack Obama’s presidential bid. He made some good points at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when he questioned Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker about U.S. policy in Iraq and how they measure…

Vote early and often? The never-ending Democratic presidential contest may give new meaning to that old cliché as Florida and Michigan party officials seek a potential do-over for their states’ voters.

The two states defied Democratic Party rules by moving their…

WASHINGTON — If the 2008 general election were held today, young people would strongly support the Democratic candidate over likely Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, according to a poll released today by Rock the Vote, a non-partisan group that encourages…

WASHINGTON — The second-biggest union in the country, the Service Employees International Union, with 1.9 million members, endorsed Barack Obama for president on Friday. In a conference call with reporters, SEIU President Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger said that the union’s…

WASHINGTON _ For Hillary Clinton, the road gets rockier. Actually, that might be a mountain out there in her path.

It wasn’t just Barack Obama’s victories yesterday in the Chesapeake Primary, it was the crushing way he won: 64-35 percent in Virginia; 59-37 percent…

Is Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Strafford, about to become a McCainiac?

The Missouri congressman and House GOP whip has not, for now, endorsed in the Republican presidential race, saying he was too focused on trying to get House Republicans back to the…