Candidates swarm California this week
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Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday declared that California's early primary has made the state more than a political ATM &#151; just as he accepted a check from a supporter and then headed to two fundraisers.
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By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb. 13--Presidential holidays are taking on a whole new meaning in the Bay Area this month.
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The US presidential campaign broadened its scope Sunday as top candidates set their sights on 22 states that hold primaries early next month, in the wake of US Senator Barack Obama's decisive win over Hillary Clinton in South Carolina.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in California
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Republican and Democratic candidates are ramping up TV ads, racking up endorsements and heading West to stump for votes ahead of next week's Super Tuesday contests.
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New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is leading among Democrats in the California presidential primary, while Rudy Giuliani is slightly ahead of his three major Republican rivals, according to a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California.
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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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THE RACE: The Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in California
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Republican candidates made last minute appearances to rally supporters in the hotly-contested Florida primary, where the turnout is expected to be high.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has much to offer President Bush and the GOP at this week's Republican National Convention, from star power to middle-of-the-road political appeal.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry  has a commanding lead over President Bush in California of 54  percent to 38 percent among likely voters, a poll released on  Tuesday found.
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THE RACE: The presidential race for Republicans, Democrats in California
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Democrat John Kerry takes his quest for votes to the western states of Nevada and Colorado that polls show could be up for grabs in the presidential contest, as incumbent rival George W. Bush stumps in three eastern battleground states.
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Labor has much to offer Sen. John Kerry in his quest for the presidency: a massive voter mobilization machine that is backed by well more than &#36;157 million and was fine-tuned by union leaders this week.
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With exactly a week until the American presidential election, the number of states that are considered marginal appears to be growing.
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New voters are flooding local election offices with paperwork, registering in significantly higher numbers than four years ago as attention to the presidential election runs high and an array of activist groups recruit would-be voters who could prove critical come Nov. 2...
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Politics as usual? Hasta la vista, baby. The radical center has flexed its muscle in California, short-circuiting the parties and going directly to the people. Now it could sweep the nation. By Jill Stewart from Wired magazine.