Illinois Senate Candidates Trade Insults
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Often trading personal insults, Alan Keyes and Barack Obama bickered over everything from broad government philosophy to details of policy on education and gay marriage Tuesday evening in the third and final debate of their Senate race.
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As one of the Bush campaign&#39;s congressional attack dogs, Sen. Orrin Hatch frequently recites this charge during interviews on national television: &quot;Senator Kerry&#39;s been in
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Outspoken U.S. conservative  columnist Ann Coulter is drawing fire from Republicans and  Democrats alike after publicly using a derogatory gay slur in  reference to Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards.
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Bad blood and pent-up anger boiled over as Democratic foes Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seethed and accused one another of truth twisting in a rancorous 2008 campaign debate.
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Sen. Jim Bunning, a hard thrower during his Hall of Fame baseball career, fired at his Democratic opponent Wednesday, accusing him of spreading "disgusting" rumors that the incumbent is mentally incompetent.
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Presidential politics and partisan resentments reached a boil in the Senate Wednesday night, as a heated exchange between Sens. Barack Obama and Lindsey Graham erupted on the chamber floor and continued in a nearby corridor.
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A remark from a U.S. Senate candidate that black males have a "genetic predisposition" for a lower life expectancy has created a new furor in what has been an especially tight &#151; and nasty &#151; campaign.
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Arizona Republicans in a crowded House primary lashed out at the national GOP Tuesday for taking sides in the race. "They're idiots," one candidate said.
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One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most prominent black supporters said Sunday he was insulted by the characterization by rival Barack Obama's presidential campaign of her remarks about the civil rights movement.
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When senators from opposing parties call each other "friend" and pat each other as they talk, there's a fighting chance they're angling to wring each other's neck.
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Republican Sen. Jim Bunning apologized Monday for having said his Democratic opponent looked like one of Saddam Hussein's sons &#151; and demanded the same from his rival for allegedly claiming Bunning's health was failing.
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Sen. John Kerry, under pressure from Democratic leaders to draw sharper contrasts between himself and George W. Bush, launched a series of blistering attacks
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Two Democratic presidential candidates, former senator John Edwards (N.C.) and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), were caught Thursday by Fox News microphones after a forum in Detroit discussing their desire to limit future joint appearances to exclude some lesser-known rivals.
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A Republican Senate candidate from Oklahoma who has run into trouble over verbal gaffes was drawing fire again on Friday for saying black men have a "genetic predisposition" for a lower life expectancy than whites.
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In a psychological war of words, Senate Republicans are issuing slightly veiled threats against their Democratic counterparts if the minority
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The Illinois Senator is a different kind of African-American candidate. But some black politicians are witholding their support, questioning whether he can win
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By DORI MEINERT COPLEY NEWS SERVICE  WASHINGTON - As the Republican-led Congress winds to a close, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., blasted GOP leaders for leaving behind a host of unresolved issues critical to Illinois and the nation.