Political Memo: Running or Not, Illinois Senator Makes Splash
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Barack Obama insists he is not running for president but has allowed his high profile to grow a little higher of late.
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Â· Edwards drops out of Democratic runningÂ· Giuliani to back Republican rival McCain
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Rasmussen Reports - A plurality of 46% of Illinois voters would vote for a generic Democrat if the Presidential election were held today, while only 35% would vote for the GOP candidate. But Senator Barack Obama benefits more from the pro-Democratic leaning than does Senator Hillary Clinton.
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Illinois is not considered a battleground state, but suburban residents are registering to vote in record numbers -- a surge election officials attribute to a boom in new residents, concerns over the war in Iraq and memories of the close presidential
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Need a cheat sheet on the candidates in the race for Illinois&#39; US Senate seat? Here&#39;s a look at where Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Alan Keyes stand on 10 key issues as they head into Tuesday&#39;s vote.
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In Senator Hillary Rodham Clintonâs campaign, her operative conceit is âthe conversation.â
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If Bill Clinton doesn't get off the campaign trail, other leading Dems should get out and stump for Obama, to level the field.  I said this on Twitter and Adam Wygle sent a pointer to this site, that says it better than I could.  22nd Amendment: "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice..."
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama is expected to keep his momentum in primaries in and around Washington DC.
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Has Zell Miller lost his mind? Some of his party members think so. Republicans think not. The retiring U.S. senator from Georgia has never shied from the outlandish, but this time is a doozy.
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Jim Bunning stepped up to a Rotary Club lectern here Thursday to notch a save in a campaign that was on no one's lineup card of competitive Senate races a few weeks ago. But thanks to growing speculation about his mental fitness, Kentucky now has one of the more interesting campaigns in the country.
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In Saturday radio address, VP candidate says measure curtails pay at a time workers need it. ATLANTA (CNN) - Calling to mind his days unloading tractor trailers during the summer, Sen. John Edwards blasted
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The Illinois senator narrowed the delegate gap with Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Barack Obama, until recently a little-known state senator from Chicago&#39;s South Side, rode a remarkable wave to victory. He swamped a field of six established candidates in the Democratic primary and overwhelmed
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Democrats in four states are casting ballots this weekend, and the Illinois senator is likely to increase his delegate lead
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A year ago, nobody would have predicted that Illinois&#39; next US senator would be either a Chicago state senator who delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday signed a law moving up the state's primary to Feb. 5, a move certain to help Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the state's junior senator.
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The Democratic candidate steps up his airwaves campaign in an early state.