Candidates struggle to widen appeal
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John McCain and Barack Obama are struggling to win over their party's most loyal voters, and no presidential candidate has a firm hold on what may be the campaign's chief issue, the economy. With the first presidential contests now history, voters appear to be telling the candidates: You still need some polishing.
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A concentrated burst of advertising is putting the candidatesâ strategies out in the open and is highlighting the diverging financial fortunes of the two parties.
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Some elections are about persuasion. This one is about turnout. In past presidential debates, candidates have tried to change people&#39;s minds and win over undecideds.
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After months of campaigning, millions of dollars spent and hundreds of speeches, Republican presidential candidates are locked in a tight bunch with none emerging as the clear-cut leader.
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Presidential candidates cite intent to improve US stature, but retooling policies is complicated.
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While the race for the White House draws most of the public's political attention between now and Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector industries will focus a good deal of effort on state races.
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The candidates from both parties were trying on Friday to generate momentum for policies designed to keep the country from sinking into recession.
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With the spotlight on his candidacy, John Kerry improved public perception of his character and qualifications but failed to shake-up the presidential race. Now, the focus shifts to President Bush &#151; and all his hurdles to re-election.
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For all the slashing rhetoric between the two presidential candidates over Iraq, whoever wins the White House Nov. 2 comes to a difficult situation with roughly the same set of options, few of them good.
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President overshadowed by race to choose successor attempts to reassert primacy
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As second quarter fundraising comes down to the wire, top candidates are trying to win the expectations game
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Presidential campaigns are about more than just speeches, rallies and the horse race.
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Super Tuesday's mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy.
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John Kerry faces obstacles in his bid to unseat President Bush, with voters saying he has not laid out a case for why he wants to be president.
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President Bush has been solidifying his gains in states that once were dead heats, forcing both parties' campaigns to alter strategies as the electoral battleground shrinks. Democrat John Kerry is struggling to stay afloat in some hotly contested states, including Missouri, Wisconsin and Ohio, where polls show Bush pulling ahead.
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How do the Democratic and Republican hopefuls size up the key issues of the campaign?
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Seeking the presidency is harder the second time around. As the race for 2008 builds, Democratic Sen. John Kerry has left little doubt about his intentions to try again after his narrow loss to President Bush in 2004. He isn&#039;t the only also-ran considering another marathon.