Political storm began as summer shower
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The avalanche of bad publicity that buried David Blunkett&#39;s career was triggered more than four months ago, with the Sunday newspaper revelation that the home secretary was having an affair.
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The vote had been scheduled in an attempt to help end a weeklong political crisis set off by a hotly contested presidential runoff election.
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The Democratic presidential candidates have moved from the politics of piling on to the politics of unity.
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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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A trio of fierce hurricanes have pushed presidential politics to the back burner in Florida, the epicenter of the 2000 election, and could affect voter attitudes and turnout in the Nov. 2 race, analysts say.
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Britain yesterday began to clear up the chaos caused by summer downpours across much of the country as forecasters promised a brief respite from the rain before the wet weather returns this week.
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Campaign events for Sens. Clinton and Obama bring out some of the area's top political leaders.
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A new political strategy has emerged in this photo-finish presidential race: File a flurry of lawsuits before the first votes are even tallied.
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This summer&#39;s onslaught repeats a long-term cycle, bringing back warmer waters and more storms. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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ATLANTA _ North and South Carolina are fighting over a river. In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniels whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers. And in Georgia, the governor is praying for rain.
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The presidential campaign is entering a new phase as the campaign has turned into a possibly lengthy hunt for delegates for the first time in 20 years.
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The candidates for the US Senate in Illinois hit the polls early this morning with their families in tow amid drizzly weather. Republican Alan Keyes, accompanied by his wife and daughter
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After a year of position papers and policy speeches, handshakes in the summer heat and winter snow, advertising that floods mailboxes and TV screens, and too many bites of pork on a stick at too many county fairs, it's time.
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By Dahleen Glanton, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--ATLANTA -- North and South Carolina are fighting over a river.  In Tennessee, springs are drying up, jeopardizing production of Jack Daniel's  whiskey. The mayor of Los Angeles is asking residents to take shorter showers.
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HEMPSTEAD, NY (CBS.MW) -- With Election Day now less than two months away, the campaign for the presidency has been rocked by several unexpected developments.
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Politics, and political filmmaking, were the talk of Hollywood this summer. But on the eve of the election studio offerings are all about escapism.
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Coming out just days before the election, the report was seized on by supporters of both presidential candidates.