Politicians cast opponents as villains
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Shadowy corporate figures who cut backroom deals. Stealthy terrorists who drive cabs by day. Immigrants who steal across the border by night.
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The Republicans&#39; nightmare was that Vice President Dick Cheney would come across as a nasty and brooding villain. The Democrats&#39; nightmare was that Sen. John Edwards would be a syrupy but unlikable courtroom performer.
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The politically charged methods that states use to draw Congressional districts are under attack by citizens groups, state legislators and the governor of California.
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It has not been a pretty sight on Capitol Hill in the waning hours of Republican control. Once-powerful lawmakers have been shown the door at their own offices, forced to crowd in a basement or other nooks to finish their work, if not their careers. The usual backslapping has given way to back pats as colleagues try to comfort losers who will soon be going home.
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In the months before the invasion of Iraq, the United States groomed exiled opposition groups as the nucleus of a future government to replace Saddam Hussein. Now with elections approaching, the parties still enjoy little support among ordinary Iraqis who view them as corrupt puppets of Washington.
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Her enemies range from al-Qaeda to the military, but whoever is reponsible, the attempt on her life could have a chilling effect on her supporters
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Three politicians and union activist charged with treason for anti-government speeches.
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What once worked for Rudolph Giuliani and Bernard Kerik raises eyebrows in Washington.
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Films become more politicized as filmmakers seek to influence the upcoming election.
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You may find a bunch of political operatives who will suggest that they always believed a black man named Barack Obama would blow away his competitors in Iowa and would destroy the inevitability of a former first lady who is a member of the U.S. Senate.
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Warring politicians face deadlock in the wake of ethnic violence that left 250,000 homeless
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As Ukraine's ex-President Leonid Kuchma settles into a comfortable retirement, his future is in the hands of some of his fiercest political enemies, who accuse him of misdeeds ranging from corruption to ordering the murder of a journalist.
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Loyalists of both parties might think the No. 2 candidates were more slashing debaters than John Kerry and President Bush.
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Critics of Sen. Joe Lieberman's independent run to keep his job attacked on two fronts Monday, with one group asking an elections official to throw him out of the Democratic Party and a former rival calling on state officials to keep his name off the November ballot.
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On Iraq, immigration, and Attorney General Gonzales, some staunch supporters have begun to defect.
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For years, Bill and Hillary Clinton treated the Democratic National Committee and party activists as extensions of their White House ambitions, pawns in a game of success and survival. She may pay a high price for their selfishness soon.
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Republican Rep. Bobby Jindal's opponents in the state's gubernatorial race hoped Saturday that they could chip away at enough of his lead to push one of them into a runoff with the congressman.