Political Debate at Minn. School Gets Ugly
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Three high school students, one allegedly armed with a bat, were charged with attacking a pro-President Bush classmate after he reportedly said only gays would support Sen. John Kerry.
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The campaign for Colorado's open Senate seat has quickly turned ugly since last month's primary, with TV attack ads focusing on an unusual issue for both Republican Peter Coors and Democrat Ken Salazar: the environment.
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A serious discussion on pressing national issues may be good for the country. But it isnât necessarily good television.
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By Vanessa Delgado, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 15--In a debate Thursday night, a modern political rarity took place: Political candidates were not able to rebut each other's answers, and decorum and order ran the show.
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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 A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn.
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School segregation saga has dragged the state into a confrontation with its segregationist past that illuminates the uneasy race relations of its present.
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The debate over the fate of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was a surprisingly desultory affair, marked by the occasional charge of "socialized medicine" from Republicans or "heartlessness" from Democrats.
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The emotions are as jumbled as the campaign posters are clear. There is fear over the vote, hope for the future, disdain at the parties, and resilience among the people.
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A yearlong dispute over whether to add a religious group's Bible class at small-town Frankenmuth High School in rural Michigan comes to a head at Monday's school board meeting.
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The contentious SKIL bill â or Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act of 2006 â is about to set off an old-fashioned donnybrook between immigration supporters and opponents before the lame-duck Congress fades into history.
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The road to Saint Anselm College is marked with long Burma Shave-style strands of political placards. The name I see most is Biden. But all the Democratic candidates for president will be there for a debate.
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A senatorâs proposal to tackle the problem of âiPod oblivionâ is seen by some as a bit nanny-minded and intrusive.
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Three political  contenders indulge in low blows and spin, character  assassination and gestures of goodwill, all the while gauging  their standing with voters. The setting is not the U.S.  presidential campaign trail but a third-grade class at  Evergreen Primary School in Wuhan, China.
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With the campaign jabber of the 2008 elections already getting loud, an organization that promotes transparency in politics hopes one slice of the Web can promote reasonable, intelligent debate about issues.
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The Democratic front-runner to become Washington's next governor, Christine Gregoire, angrily accused her primary rival Wednesday of instigating an outcry over her membership in an all-white college sorority decades ago.
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Â· Lower house debates plan for October 21 election Â· Kaczynski hoping to step up nationalist campaign.
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Gov. Ed Rendell attacked challenger Lynn Swann's lack of experience in government and condemned his property-tax overhaul plan as "a disaster" as they squared off in the first of two debates in Pennsylvania's gubernatorial campaign.