Democrats Look for Way to Avoid Convention Rift
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Some senior Democrats plan to remain neutral for now in the presidential race in part to keep open the option to broker a peaceful resolution to a tight contest.
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A row erupts between two leading contenders for the US Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
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Democratic leaders have a wish list a mile long as they ponder a successor to Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The person they pick will be the first sign of where the party is headed after agonizing White House and Senate losses last month.
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After losing back-to-back presidential elections, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans and keep it from slipping into perpetual minority-party status.
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Democrats with 2008 on their minds will have to wait a bit longer to learn whether their party will hold its presidential nominating convention in Denver or in New York City. While a site selection announcement was widely expected to have been made by now, DNC spokesman Damien LaVera said Wednesday that Ã¢ÂÂa final decision has not been made.Ã¢ÂÂ
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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Ã¢ÂÂ Sequestered in a gated resort, House Democrats are considering the direction their caucus will take on issues including the minimum wage, global warming and Iraq.
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It would be hard for Troy Johnston to have a better perch for the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking &#151; each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.
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As Republicans gather to make their case for President Bush&#39;s re-election this week, they will do so against a backdrop as divisive as any since 1968, when Democrats needed the National Guard to preserve order outside their Chicago convention.
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House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Tuesday the Democratic Party needs to move past a recent dustup involving Hillary Rodham Clinton's comments about civil rights and that he'll stick with his vow to not endorse a candidate in the primary.
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Conservative Democrats in the House are challenging their own party to do more to balance the federal budget and restrain government spending, highlighting an ideological division among Democrats that could play a big role in the party's 2008 presidential campaign.
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Intent on seizing control of Congress, Democrats want to keep the focus on President Bush's missteps in Iraq. Yet the war is fracturing the party in a handful of House and Senate races.
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Campaign staff for the leading Democratic presidential candidates have been working together on how to keep their bosses apart &#151; at least for a while.
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Anxiously watching President Bush's convention, Democratic leaders are urging John Kerry to step up his attack on the Republican incumbent before eroding approval ratings become a serious political problem.
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Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy.
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Democrats worked Tuesday to turn a standoff over taxes to their political advantage, arguing that Republicans are essentially raising taxes by failing to revive popular middle class breaks.
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For the Democrats, Super Tuesday may settle nothing. The reason lies in new party rules that were never road-tested