ON OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING Then: "I wouldn't drill off the coast of Florida unless the people of Florida wanted to. And I wouldn't drill off the coast of California unless...
ROMNEY, TAKE 1 Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Sen. John McCain, then his bitter rival in the GOP presidential primary, Jan. 25, 2008, in Pensacola, Fla.: "I think he...
BRIDGE TO NOWHERE Then: During the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial campaign, the Anchorage Daily News reported that she was in favor of the bridge; on Oct. 20, 2006, The Associated Press...
GEORGE W. BUSH When asked if John McCain is more qualified than him to be president: "No, he's not. ... He can say that he's been a United States senator...
At some point they're going to have to get on with it. Will it be Tuesday? No Bush, no Cheney, no awkward reminders of public approval ratings in the 20s....
The loquacious Joe Biden has created much of his public identity on Sunday morning talk shows -- 80 appearances between 1997 and 2005, according to one study. Only John McCain,...
At least 29 political luminaries -- governors, senators, members of Congress and others -- are scheduled to speak Tuesday during the second day of the Democratic National Convention. But it...
Let the love fest begin. Under the banner of "One Nation," the political party that symbolizes all-in-the-family rough-housing will clean up for TV cameras Monday and strive for choreographed, Sunday-best...
The percentage of working poor in large metropolitan areas soared by 40 percent during the first half of the decade, reversing gains from the 1990s in the fight against poverty,...
It's one thing to be upset when your candidate loses, but it's another matter entirely to openly talk about consorting with the enemy. Debra Bartoshevich, a supporter of Sen. Hillary...