Second-tier Democrats try to gain traction
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When you are a  candidate for U.S. president only drawing about 2 percent  support in opinion polls, you have to keep telling yourself  that the race is still wide open and there is plenty of time to  catch up.
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The Democratic Party's most powerful weapon is heading back into battle.
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Clinton is Democrat frontrunner after Super Tuesday but rival has funding advantage
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The Democrats this year are looking for votes wherever they can find them - even on the Left Bank
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Democratic Party activists, recovering from a stinging November election loss and a fresh round of soul-searching, rallied around Howard Dean on Friday and promised a grass-roots drive to make the party competitive in the South, Midwest and Mountain states.
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The New York senator has been tapped by Democratic leaders to try to engineer the party's Senate comeback.
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Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.
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The "Fighting Dems" aren't a collective powerhouse after all.
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One of Barack Obama's closest friends and long-term advisers will be spending more time guiding the Democratic presidential candidate as he enters the final three months of the primary race still in second place.
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The Democratic contest is more likely to be decisive.
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A look at efforts by the Democrats and the Republicans to register new voters in battleground states:
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One of the most influential unions in politics is giving Democrats running for president the once over.
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The battle for the soul of the Democratic Party is under way. And the outcome of this battle will likely not be determined by any one of the rising number of candidates for the party's 2008 presidential nomination, but rather by the Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill.
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The Democratic front runners are leading their party's crusade to win over religious voters
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Changing course, Democrats have decided to run television ads in Missouri and Colorado, states that earlier this week appeared to have fallen to second-tier status in the party's strategy to win the White House.
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Signaling a new phase in the struggle for control of Congress, House Democrats have reserved time for more than $30 million worth of campaign advertising this fall in roughly two dozen congressional districts, with a heavy emphasis on the Northeast and Midwest.
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DEMOCRATS have got to learn that when their political opponents hit them with dirty tricks, they have to come back and fight fire with fire.