Articles filed under Politics
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Voters should know how candidates are guided by faithSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The field of presidential candidates is nearly complete. Only Newt Gingrich remains to decide -- or announce if he has decided -- whether he, too, will run for president...
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Hillary could stand to show more spine and less expediencySep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - If there is a phrase more closely associated with both Hillary and Bill Clinton than "the politics of personal destruction," it does not come to mind. All the others -- ...
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Three Democrats court backing of traditionally friendly union membershipSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - When you're preaching to the choir, it can be hard to convince that choir you're closer to God than the next preacher. Three Democratic presidential candidate...
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Iraq orders U.S. security company outSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - BAGHDAD -- They protect U.S. diplomats, guard supply convoys and perform dangerous tasks for a military stretched to the limit by the conflict in Iraq. But the presence ...
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Congressional Democrats see this as a goodwill pickSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The nomination of Michael Mukasey for attorney general was greeted by congressional Democrats as a goodwill gesture with the potential to thaw some standof...
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Tech glitches, politics delay Senate actionSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Senate leaders continued talking Monday about adding casinos and spending billions on road, bridge and school construction, but the much-touted deal has y...
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Clinton reveals her plan for universal health careSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton called for universal health care on Monday, plunging back into the bruising political battle she famously waged and l...
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Smooth confirmation likely for attorney genereal nomineeSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Three weeks ago, President Bush had never met former federal Judge Michael Mukasey, a sometimes-brusque New Yorker who had scolded his administration's Jus...
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Democrats to delay vote on Iraq spendingSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democrats are not expected to take up President Bush's war spending request until November, giving them time to calculate their next move and see if Republ...
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Hillary's high school pals rallySep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - In the mid-'60s, they voted her Most Likely to Succeed. These days -- their hair a little grayer, the stakes a little higher but their faith in their high school classma...