Analysis: Party convictions sidelined
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All politics is national in the 2006 midterm elections, with both parties willing to put aside deeply held views over war, taxes and more in the surpassing struggle for control of the House and Senate.
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The real question may be how undecided voters are processing all the charges and attacks.
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The purported reason US House Republicans decided to change their rule on House leaders and indictments is to defang a &quot;partisan crackpot district attorney&quot; who may try to indict GOP legislative leaders for political reasons.
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A baby step towards democracy, but liberal reformers lose
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Toughening ethics laws, once a priority of Democrats, has bogged down in Congress as party leaders find their campaign promises colliding with lawmakers' re-election concerns.
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With House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) now involved directly or tangentially in a handful of ethics cases and investigations, some analysts say that another setback could substantially
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He's been good on consumer rights and the environment. But as Sen. John McCain works to solidify his Republican front-runner status, signs emerge that he's abandoning some long-held convictions.
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The congressional Republicans, in changing rules to protect Tom DeLay, were criticized as hypocritical. Such criticism was not founded on all the facts and ignores the reason for the change.
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The arrest in south China of a Hong Kong pro-democracy politician for hiring a prostitute has eroded support for his party and hurt its chance of victory in the city&#39;s legislative elections next month.
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HONG KONG As the legislative election campaign entered its final week Monday, a series of sex and financial controversies involving democracy advocates was making it look less and less likely that Democrats could win a majority.
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Infighting among US Democrats after their victory in the November 7 elections has led some to wonder if the party is up to the task of controlling Congress.
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Did the Justice Department dismiss eight prosecutors for cause? Or was it a political purge? The Democrats in Congress want to find out
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The let&#39;s-be-honest obligation before the Republican Party this week is to reveal its real stripes, not just the stripes of red, white, and blue.
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After winning control of Congress by capitalizing on Republican scandals, Democrats are unsure whether to crack down on a perk that got some lawmakers in trouble.
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Gallup polling over the past three decades shows Republican front-runners usually win their party's nomination, but Democrats do not. Some elections:
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Concerns, even among supporters, about Clinton's record.
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Analysis: The election of the once disgraced politician as the number two Senate Republican may mean that the G.O.P. has no intention of getting along too well with the new party in power