As this is being written, the newspapers and airwaves are awash with speculation that President-elect Barack Obama may name Sen. Hillary Clinton as...

This column is being written in advance of the elections on Tuesday, but there is no serious doubt among observers that the Democrats will win --...

When all is said and done, every voter must decide which of two (it is usually two) candidates to vote for. For many people, it's easy: "Vote for...

The elections are now less than a month away, and rational observers are pretty well agreed that the Democrats are going to win. The big question...

The Democrats did what everyone knew they had to do: nominate Barack Obama by acclamation on the first ballot of their convention in Denver. But...

At a time when, in previous presidential years, neither party yet knew who its nominees would be, both have already known that vital information for...

So now it's all but official: The Democratic presidential nominee this year will be Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. And facing him, it has been clear...

As matters stand, the Republican Party is facing an historic shellacking in November. In part, this is just the usual yin and yang of partisan...

Former Republican congressman Robert Barr of Georgia recently announced he is running for president as a Libertarian. This is a formidable...

The remarkable performance of John McCain in the past few months has rightly garnered a lot of attention. Time was, not so long ago, when he was...

When the state legislatures decided to push the presidential nominating process into the early months of 2008, one wonders what they expected....