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He tells the conservative Fox talk-show host that the Iraq troop increase succeeded 'beyond our wildest dreams.' In a much-anticipated interview with conservative nemesis Bill O'Reilly, Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that the troop surge in Iraq had "succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated" and "beyond our wildest dreams."
It's been hard to avoid Barack Obama's distinctive red, white and blue "O" logo on display ads as you tool around online, particularly on news sites. In contrast, the star logo of his Republican presidential rival John McCain's campaign hasn't shined as brightly across the Web.
Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday, vowed "change is coming" if he is elected president and promised to create millions of jobs by developing new energy sources.
It has not been easy for rival campaigns to successfully attack Barack Obama. Sure, this is, in part, yes, because those in the media - and in campaigns - are so hyper-sensitive to charges of racism or even appearing to be racist that it can make some surrogates tentative and make some media perhaps overthink things
Arizona Sen. John McCain's speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination tonight will not be as "aggressively negative" as the one Democratic nominee Barack Obama delivered in Denver last week, according to the longtime McCain adviser, who took the lead in writing his speech.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted the GOP vice presidential nomination at the party's convention Wednesday with a speech highly critical of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.
Democrats are boasting that a record-smashing TV audience — along with 85,000 people at Invesco Field — watched Barack Obama's acceptance of the presidential nomination in Denver last week.
More than 37 million U.S. TV viewers tuned in to watch Sarah Palin accept the Republican nomination for vice president on Wednesday, just shy of the record set last week by Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.
John McCain Thursday vowed to fight for America as long as he draws breath, in a patriotic pledge to bring political change as he accepted the Republican White House nomination.
John McCain summed up his personal virtues, but TIME's political columnist thinks the acceptance speech felt flat
Echoing his Democratic opponent, McCain promises 'change is coming' ... Police arrest anti-war protesters trying to march to GOP convention site in St. Paul, Minn. ... Obama campaign says it raised $10 million after criticism from Palin ...
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In the heat of the Republican primary battle, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney blasted John McCain as "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought."
A recent L.A. Times/Bloomberg poll found the president's approval rating at 25%. Barack Obama hopes to use that to his advantage by saying John McCain's policies are the same as the unpopular president's.
Sen. John McCain was in an unenviable position Thursday: Accept his party's nomination for president on the heels of acclaimed speeches by running-mate Sarah Palin and opponent Barack Obama.
Four days, hundreds of speakers, thousands of delegates, endless pontificating and one hurricane looming large from afar. So much that is memorable from the Republican National Convention, so much that is forgettable. Five AP reporters help sort it all out, by identifying — in their humble opinions — some of the week's best and worst: speakers, odds, moments, and more.
President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, The Associated Press has learned.
