WASHINGTON — Late rumors from a Kansas City news outlet suggested Friday evening that campaign literature of Obama-Bayh was being printed.

That would be Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana, a popular former governor with a great family name in the state. His…

WASHINGTON — The word is that when Barack Obama gets around to choosing a running mate it may well be Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware.

Biden would be a smart choice, adding experience, maturity and a great deal of foreign policy experience.…

WASHINGTON — This could get interesting, this VP thing.

Barack Obama is struggling somewhat in the polls, running behind the Democratic brand and recently slipping a bit vis-a-vis John McCain.

Obama’s doing well on the economy according to surveys, but lagging in…

WASHINGTON — Ever wonder why all the veep speculation, whether this is typical or unusual, whether it’s merited or dummed up by the media?

The answer is that it’s a bit over the top this time around, but it’s not…

WASHINGTON — As the veepstakes winds down, two intriguing pairs of possible running mates showed up on the Sunday television talk shows.

One program had Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., squaring off against former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge.

McCaskill is seen as an unlikely…

WASHINGTON — Washington has been talking Friday about the prospect of John McCain choosing a conservative, dynamic Republican woman for his ticket in a bid to add some excitement to what even supporters acknowledge has been a rather unexciting campaign effort thus far.…

WASHINGTON–Springfield, Mo., seems an unlikely spot for the seeds of a Draft-McCaskill movement. But the GOP bastion is home to two Democratic activists who have started an online push for presidential hopeful Barack Obama to pick Sen. Claire McCaskill as his No. 2.…

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 — While there’s talk that Barack Obama would need to run with someone having foreign policy experience, given his lack of military or international experience, if he got the Democratic presidential nomination, John McCain has no such problem.

In fact, few nominees since…