Presidential Elections

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.

The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon — pregnant, hanging and otherwise.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.

WASHINGTON - Former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said Sunday that he thinks Barack Obama will be the party's presidential nominee and that Hillary Rodham Clinton must be careful not to damage the party's prospects in November as she continues her campaign.

Obama overtakes Clinton in Democratic superdelegates ... Coordinator of GOP convention quits after Newsweek report on his firm's ties to Myanmar junta ... Bill Clinton stumps for Hillary in Montana as primary nears ...

WASHINGTON - The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory — a surprising victory, surprisingly large.

NEW YORK - No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet — despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy — the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.

WASHINGTON - Embattled and embarrassed by the confession he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, New York Rep. Vito Fossella is facing public calls for his resignation. Secluded with his family, he must decide if he wants to keep his job badly enough to grapple with the lingering questions and fallout from the scandal.

WASHINGTON - With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over "Hillary Democrats" — the white, working-class voters who favored the former first lady over Obama's historic candidacy.

WASHINGTON - Daniel Suson has a doctorate in astrophysics and has worked on the superconducting super collider and a forthcoming NASA probe. Now he's heading back to school to take on an even trickier task — getting elected to public office.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Republican John McCain on Friday disputed blogger Arianna Huffington's contention that she heard him say he voted against President Bush in 2000.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Perhaps Barack Obama's competitive juices need new outlets now that he has expanded his lead over Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.

May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama won endorsements from five superdelegates yesterday and one today, erasing rival Hillary Clinton's long-held lead in backing from party officials and lawmakers.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign is considering a suggestion from John McCain's campaign for the two presidential hopefuls to participate in joint town meetings and debates around the country starting this summer, Obama's chief strategist said Sunday.

May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton, who lost her lead among party superdelegates this weekend and has $20 million in campaign debt, will continue her fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, her campaign spokesman said.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton is showing her colors as a scrappy fighter unwilling to throw in the towel even as numbers show a win is unrealistic after a marathon Democratic presidential nomination race.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - While John McCain is practically assured the Republican presidential nomination, many party members are having a hard time accepting him -- and showing it with symbolic votes against him in primary contests.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The coordinator of the Republicans' 2008 presidential convention has resigned after revelations that he was paid to bolster the dismal US image of Myanmar's military junta.

May 11 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton, who lost her lead among party superdelegates this weekend and has $20 million in campaign debt, will continue her fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, her campaign spokesman said.

WASHINGTON - Call it Obamacare or call it Clintoncare. But don't call it "socialized medicine."

_Jan. 20: Hillary Rodham Clinton announces she's running for president from a perch on her living room couch. "Let the conversation begin," she tells voters in a videotaped message posted on her Web site. "I have a feeling it's going to be very interesting."

May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he'd be willing to campaign jointly with Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, and debate him in town-hall style formats.

BEND, Oregon (Reuters) - Acting even more like he has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama said on Saturday he would be willing to campaign jointly with Republican John McCain and acknowledged he needed to better introduce himself to Americans.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Barack Obama surpassed Hillary Clinton for the first time Saturday in the fight for the all-important superdelegates whose votes will be decisive in choosing the Democratic party's White House nominee.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Getting out is hard to do for any presidential candidate, doubly so when the name is Clinton. Hillary or Bill, graceful exits are not the Clinton style. Lose an election or an issue and they tend to dig in deeper.

May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't likely to pick rival Hillary Clinton as a running mate, according to one of his most prominent supporters.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Did U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in 2000?