Campaign Finale Draws Gaffes, Wacky Lines
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As the presidential race winds down, the two camps are dialing up the rhetoric. That's led to some far-out statements, unscripted behavior and foot-in-mouth comments from both sides.
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To casual consumers of campaign news - and that would be most voters - the past week may have been particularly perplexing.
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It seems apt that the last days of the US presidential campaign would feature an animated dispute over an unsettling Iraq development.
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Suddenly, I need sanctuary -- from presidential candidates who exploit tragedy to breath life into their campaigns.
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The presidential candidates rushed into a final weekend of compressed and often harsh campaigning as they presented new themes to New Hampshire voters.
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The Bush and Kerry campaigns entered the final hours of one of the most bitterly fought elections in United States history by swapping sharp charges about Osama bin
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As Election Day progresses, scattered reports of malfunctions surface.
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This Sunday's national elections have been overshadowed by accusations of racism amid a loud and ugly campaign
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In Arizona, one House candidate called party officials idiots. In Rhode Island, ad-makers turned a Senate hopeful into a political pinata.
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This week, one issue hit home with voters and forced the candidates to re-think their scripts. The issue even walked off with the Political Play of the Week.
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Corrupt campaigning practices. Charges of sexual harassment. Racial and gender issues. A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn.
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The Republican presidential race has gone from merely unpredictable to chaotic.
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The candidates for president are picking apart each others&#39; claims to heroism. This weekend, for example, I spotted a Bush-Cheney billboard near Grand Rapids that read &quot;Boots or flip-flops?
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The US presidential race hit a new low in nastiness with images of Osama bin Laden and epithets such as &quot;despicable&quot; and &quot;un-American&quot; bombarding voters before a crucial series of televised debates.
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An awkward pause during an important speech. A puzzling geography gaffe. An aborted bid for the U.S. Senate. A husband who keeps getting into trouble.
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The flavor and substance of the performances of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards reveal a basic thematic divide in their campaigns.
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Choosing a theme song for a political  campaign may sound fun but can produce plenty of sour notes.