After bitter year, 2008 elections loom in US
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After a year of acrimony, gridlock, and snarling showdowns over Iraq, Congress and President George W. Bush will cede the spotlight in 2008 to a White House race awash in historic potential.
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A PERSON could go mad trying to follow US election polling. One day George W.Bush is slumping, the next he&#39;s up. One day John Kerry has momentum, the next he&#39;s dead meat.
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As the presidential campaign got underway a year ago, the candidates faced a volatile political environment dominated by the Iraq war, illegal immigration and terrorism. A year later, the campaigns are rewriting their scripts as it appears that the race may actually be shaped once more by the eco...
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WASHINGTON - Voting security advocates in the U.S. are bracing for a repeat of problems in the upcoming general election that could rival Florida during the 2000 presidential race.
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Ad lineage is way down and readership continues to fall off and nobody in the newspaper business will be sorry to see the end of 2007. 2008 could be better, if the online side flourishes and a presidential election drums up additional interest.
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The House campaign strategists for both major parties undoubtedly are already dissecting the results of this yearÃ¢ÂÂs elections to determine their top districts to target for the 2008 campaign. And as they do, they surely will look closely at districts that favored their partyÃ¢ÂÂs nominee for president in 2004 but this year favored the other party for the House.
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With Election Day a little more than six weeks away, Americans are being bombarded with often-conflicting polls, adding another layer of confusion to a contest
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Anger over the war and the country's direction could give Republicans trouble in the midterm elections
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With less than one week to go before the first major event of the 2008 US electoral season, Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls are engaged in a bitter war for votes in Iowa via advertising in the electronic news media.
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Iraq and terrorism may be the  talk of Washington. But lost jobs and high costs may factor as  much in November elections that will decide whether President  George W. Bush's Republicans hold on to Congress.
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WASHINGTON - Americans are becoming increasingly glum about their economic prospects, as uncertainty over the outcome of the neck-and-neck presidential race grows.
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The US presidential election campaign has proved so contentious that reuniting politically-divided Americans could prove beyond whoever wins the White House.
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As Election Day progresses, scattered reports of malfunctions surface.
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It's Nov. 8, the day after the election. The costliest and nastiest campaign for control of the House in history is .... not yet over.
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In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this &#151; another presidential race. A dozen or so ambitious Republicans and Democrats already are warming up for 2008.
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Comment is free: Timothy Garton Ash: With 17 months to go, the 2008 race is already well under way, and the first signs are of a resentful, defensive America.
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In a dozen districts  across the U.S. heartland, voter unhappiness has imperiled  Republicans, setting the stage for what could be the biggest  anti-incumbent midterm election since 1994.