Discuss Obama's historic win and highlights from Tuesday's elections with senior political writer Wayne Slater....
From Washington Bureau Chief Carl P. Leubsdorf: Soon after the networks formally declared Barack Obama as the next president, Sen. John McCain privately and publicly conceded his defeat. "The American people have spoken and they have spoken clearly," McCain...
From Staff Writer Blanca Cantu: There is a really cool interactive graphic the New York Times put together that's worth a few clicks. The headline asks: "What's your state of mind today?" The idea is to post one word that...
The reports are in from around the country, and so far, so good. The American electoral system seems to be handling the big crowds and long lines just fine, according to voting monitors. A team of writers from CQ Politics...
Roger Simon of Politico.com writes that if John McCain loses, he will be remembered for having run one of the worst campaigns in modern political history. One example of the campaign's ineptitude, Simon writes, is this weekend's endorsement from...
A blockbuster for nearly a year, the presidential showdown ends its run Tuesday. If it lives on as a Hollywood movie, here's our picks for the cast, based entirely on looks: Campaign 2008...
John McCain canceled a rally this morning in eastern Pennsylvania because of a cold, steady rain. But Barack Obama's outdoor rally went on as scheduled on the campus of Widener University in Chester, Pa. Nine thousand people, shivering under umbrellas,...
Did you hear of the story where the McCain campaign volunteer was robbed by an Obama supporter who carved a "B" into her cheek after seeing a McCain-Palin bumper sticker on her car? Well, it's a hoax. Pittsburgh police say...
John McCain revved up a crowd this morning at a rally in Denver. But he was interrupted by a half-dozen people, three in wheelchairs, chanting a message about nursing home care. The McCainiacs surrounded the group and tried to obscure...
A supporter at a John McCain rally today in Florida states her case. McCain opened his "Joe the Plumber" tour across Florida, emphasizing working people and small business. Joe wasn't there. Several thousand central Floridians were. The I-4 corridor...
The MAVERICK squad showed up this morning in New Hampshire for a John McCain rally, igniting a chant from the crowd -- M-A-V-E-R-I-C-K! The event was in the hockey rink at St. Anselm College, a frequent stop for political candidates...
It happened last week in Tampa, Fla. The speaker, Jim Piccillo, a Florida Republican who is supporting the Democratic ticket, said afterward that he had no idea he'd flubbed the intro until heard agbout it on the radio on his...
Ruth Sherman is a communications consultant, one of those people who watch body language, hear tonal changes and weigh facial expressions. She has helped a number of reporters, including myself, map out debate strategies and discuss how to best get...
John McCain offered some of his most negative comments today about Democratic opponent Barack Obama. As his campaign steps up criticism of Obama's past association with a 60s radical in Chicago, McCain warned supporters at a midday speech in New...
A few members of the CodePink anti-war protest group managed to make their way into the Xcel Energy Center for McCain's speech tonight -- wearing bright pink shirts hidden underneath suit jackets. As McCain started his speech, they started screaming...
You could tell right away, just walking up to the Target Center for the highly anticipated Rage Against the Machine show, that the cops expected trouble. You could tell, by the way they lined up around the entire building in...
Peggy Noonan, former Reagan speechwriter and current Wall Street Journal columnist, and Mike Murphy, well-known Republican consultant, today became the latest political celebs to be tripped up by a live mike they thought was off. Here's the story from...
This evening, Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate, delivers what could be the defining speech of her political career to date. It's been a rough week for Palin, her family, and her party. Tonight's prime-time appearance gives the former...
So says The New York Times. Quoting an unidentified Republican source, the paper reports that "the team assigned to vet ... [Sarah] Palin in Alaska" didn't get there until the day before John McCain "stunned the political world with...
Choose an unknown former beauty queen and small-town Alaska mayor as your running mate, and you're more or less inviting the comedy writers for Leno, Maher, Kimmel, et al to have at it. From about.com, here's a sampling of...
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