Mike Dorning

by Mike Dorning Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has raised more than $9 million during the past three months, a fundraising pace that has slowed since the first quarter of...

by Leora Falk The Clinton campaign's spin people say she stands out because she had experience. The Obama people, implicated in the Clinton stress on experience, say that that experience...

by Leora Falk The Barack Obama fans and volunteers who gathered at Howard University for a self-described pep-rally for Obama were in for a suprise. As they walked from the...

by Mike Dorning Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged Friday to limit lobbyist influence and secrecy in regulatory policy-making that he said has fostered a "second Gilded Age" of political...

by Christi Parsons Democrat Barack Obama won a straw poll at a conference of political progressives today, narrowly surpassing John Edwards but solidly beating their presidential rival, Hillary Clinton. According...

The close-knit firehouses of Charleston lost a meticulous leader, a coach to young athletes, an unofficial barber and a few light-hearted pranksters among nine firefighters who perished in the deadliest...

by Christi Parsons The latest Harris Interactive Poll shows Barack Obama moving closer to Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination for president. The poll shows that 37...

Posted by Christi Parsons at 10:15 a.m. CDT While it's not unusual for candidates to make promises, you don't always see them written down in a simple checklist. That's what...

By Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons A story we wrote for today's baiduhai offers a portrait of Barack Obama at work in the Senate. It shows how he hewed...