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Obama Celebrates a Small-Town Fourth

Obama kicks of a July 4 parade in Butte, Mont. | More »

Obama Responds to Online FISA Critics

Critics of Obama's FISA stance have organized the single largest group on his web site. | More »

Obama Softens on Iraq Withdrawal Timeline

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Jeb Bush Joins McCain on Tour of Basilica in Mexico City

John McCain visited the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe this morning along with his wife and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. | More »

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January 22, 2008

Who Let the Dogs Out?

By Garance Franke-Ruta From the "Da-ad, you're embarrassing me!" files comes this newly viral video...

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 7:55 PM ET | Comments (7)

On African American Blogs, Sharp Words for Candidates

By Jose Antonio Vargas These are busy -- and impassioned -- times in the Afrosphere....

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 7:31 PM ET | Comments (41)

Alfonse D'Amato Endorses McCain

Sen. John McCain swooped into Rudy Giuliani territory yesterday to announce an endorsement from Alfonse D'Amato, the influential former New York senator, in a hotel in midtown Manhattan. --Robin Shulman

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 7:14 PM ET | Comments (11)

Bill Clinton Severs Burkle Business Ties

By Matthew Mosk As President Clinton further expanded his campaign activity on behalf of wife...

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 6:33 PM ET | Comments (9)

In Greenwood, Chant of 'Fired Up' Comes Home

By Alec MacGillis GREENWOOD, S.C. -- To Obama supporters, it's a refrain that captures...

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 5:40 PM ET | Comments (2)

In Atlanta, Huckabee Courts the South

By Perry Bacon Jr. ATLANTA -- Targeting the South and Midwest in advance of the...

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM ET | Comments (21)

Bill Clinton's South Carolina Ties

Former president Clinton makes a sartorial misstep at a South Carolina campaign event.--Dan Balz

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 2:39 PM ET | Comments (29)

Fred Thompson Out of Race

Former senator Fred Thompson (Tenn.) bowed to the obvious moments ago, dropping out of the 2008 presidential race in a tersely-worded statement.--Chris Cillizza

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 2:34 PM ET | Comments (11)

Clinton Presses Case Against Obama

Taking her turn at a little post-debate spin, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton described Sen. Barack Obama as "very frustrated" in their exchanges on Monday night in Myrtle Beach. "He clearly came last night looking for a fight," Clinton said. --Anne E. Kornblut

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 10:42 AM ET | Comments (133)

With Feb. 5 Focus, Huckabee Skips Fla. Ads

Following his loss in South Carolina, Mike Huckabee is focusing on the Feb. 5 states.--Perry Bacon Jr.

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM ET | Comments (6)

Offstage Action at Dem. Debate?

The nasty spat between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama last night sure created fireworks, but after the debate attention turned to an offstage encounter, between Clinton and former senator John Edwards.--Shailagh Murray

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM ET | Comments (136)

Democratic Candidates, Congressional Leaders Differ on Economy

While Democratic presidential candidates pound President Bush's economic policies on the campaign trail, their party's Congressional leaders head to the White House to hammer out a stimulus package. Top Democratic lawmakers, and Bush, agree that it is in their interest to forge a deal, instead of remaining in stalemate and risking recession.

Posted on January 22, 2008 at 7:20 AM ET | Comments (13)

 

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