Next president could come from Senate
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For all the talk of change and Beltway bashing in this campaign, the next president could well come from the ultimate Washington insider club Â the U.S. Senate.
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If Sen. Tim Johnson is incapacitated, control of the Senate could be determined by a usually routine "organizing resolution" early next month
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For senators with presidential aspirations, 2007 looms like a potential minefield.
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WASHINGTON _ Young people can make a difference in politics, Sen.
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When Sen. Barack Obama slipped into Sen. Robert Byrd's Capitol office one day last year, he was seeking counsel from an elder who had been in the Senate since before Obama was born.
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Less than a year ago, there was little indication that Virginia Republican George Allen would face much of a race in his bid for a second Senate term. With Democrats then struggling to find a credible challenger, Allen was widely expected to be able to spend a good part of this year in other states to prospect a possible bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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If John Kerry is elected president, Massachusetts would end up with its first Senate vacancy in 20 years, triggering a springtime special election that could determine the balance of power in Congress' upper chamber.
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Out of the turmoil facing the Republican field may rise another opportunity for Senator John McCain.
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A freak tie result in the presidential election could mean the House of Representatives would choose the next president, a scenario that would favor Republican incumbent George W. Bush.
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Besides President Bush, few U.S. politicians have as much at stake in the next steps in Iraq as the ever growing list of potential 2008 presidential candidates.
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A second President Clinton might occupy a little less space than the first.
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Democrat Mark Warner figures his work with Republicans is a sure path to the possibility of securing his party's presidential nod.
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Usually, senators and their staffs pore over the past legal writings and scholarly pronouncements of nominees for attorney general to glean clues as to the person's abilities and inclinations. But one possible nominee might give the lawmakers a whole new body of work to explore.
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Control of the U.S. Senate could be determined by Republican Gov. Mike Rounds if a replacement must be named for Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson.
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In blow to Clinton, Sen. will get one of most sought-after prizes of Democratic nomination battle.
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Establishing name familiarity is crucial for all non-incumbent candidates. And that may be especially true this year in MarylandÃ¢ÂÂs 3rd Congressional District, which 10-term Democratic Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin left open to run for the Senate.
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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