Formal announcements absent from campaign trail
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Whatever happened to good old-fashioned political announcements with balloons, adoring crowds and promises to outwork the other candidates to become the next president of the United States?
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Major election races nationwide that remained unresolved Wednesday morning:
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Why has Rudolph W. Giuliani stopped ever so short of giving a definitive statement on a White House run?
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It is the season of exploration. Everywhere you look, prospective 2008 presidential candidates are forming exploratory committees. Three leading Republicans and one prominent Democrat who have long been pursuing the presidency announced  such committees in recent days, saying they are not ready to...
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Reporters are using instant messages and the Twitter service to pump out details from the campaign trail.
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As President Bush and Sen. John Kerry hurtle into the final two days of the presidential race, the campaign has in some ways
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Candidates from both parties are getting help from their family members on the presidential campaign trail. A sampling:
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Neither my constituents nor myself were bribed. A lot of the proposals in the White Paper are just that, proposals on which no votes involving constituency voters will be called.
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It has been well-known for some time that the 2008 presidential campaign will be heavily Ã¢ÂÂfront-loaded.Ã¢ÂÂ A compressed schedule of primary and caucus elections, held earlier than ever in the presidential year, will culminate in events in upwards of 20 states next Feb. 5; that is fully nine months before the November general election.
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Dates on which candidates clinched contested party nominations for the presidency:
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VIENNA, Austria (CBS) The possible disappearance of nearly 400 tons of powerful explosives from a known Iraqi arms depot that US troops did not guard became fodder for the presidential campaign Monday.
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As Election Day progresses, scattered reports of malfunctions surface.
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TONY EASTLEY: It&#39;s less than a month now until the United States election and terrorism and the war in Iraq continue to dominate that campaign, to the virtual exclusion of other issues.
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After months of campaigning, millions of dollars spent and hundreds of speeches, Republican presidential candidates are locked in a tight bunch with none emerging as the clear-cut leader.
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The party's presidential hopefuls lead in fundraising and online traffic. But it's too early to put much stock in such indicators.
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To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS  Contact: Juan Parra of S. Bell, Inc. for Presidentsrace08.com, +1- 972-934-2850 ext. 101, juanp@sbellinc.com   DALLAS, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 presidential election is shaping up to be a hotly contested battle.
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The status of the Green Party candidate's nationwide ballot campaign