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Gustav upstages GOP

Trying to stay above politics, Sen. John McCain cancels all but essential activities today at the Republican National Convention.

Updated: Sep. 1, 2008 3:52 AM | Full story

GOP delegates: Focus on Obama's lack of experience

John McCain, a former Navy fighter pilot, can reach the White House by strafing U.S. Sen. Barack Obama over his lack of experience, according to North Carolina's delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Updated: Aug. 31, 2008 4:55 AM | Full story

Adviser's acumen kept McCain in race

Sen. John McCain called about a year ago, just as his campaign was blowing up. Could Charlie Black return to the game?

Updated: Aug. 31, 2008 3:56 AM | Full story

McCain's VP choice is a shock

Sen. John McCain confounded conventional wisdom Friday by announcing first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate.

Updated: Aug. 30, 2008 3:44 AM | Full story

Obama-Biden ticket rides to the Rust Belt

Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden on Friday took the momentum from their party's convention and plunged deep into the heart of this economically depressed region.

Updated: Aug. 30, 2008 5:09 AM | Full story

N.C. congressman sparred with Palin

Some Democrats in Congress might not know of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but Rep. Brad Miller of Raleigh does.

Updated: Aug. 30, 2008 2:04 AM | Full story

N.C. Dems giddy, uneasy

While Democrats were returning from Denver with a sense of enthusiasm after their convention, there was also a feeling that the two months before the Nov. 4 election promise bruising, close fights.

Updated: Aug. 30, 2008 3:48 AM | Full story

Looking for a way to like Obama

Fans want Clinton to inspire them.

Updated: Aug. 26, 2008 2:05 AM | Full story

Republicans mount effort to rain on Obama's parade

In a modern production studio about a mile from where the Democrats were opening their convention Monday, a SWAT team of Republican operatives dispatched to crash Sen. Barack Obama's party was reveling in its accomplishments.

Updated: Aug. 26, 2008 5:26 AM | Full story

He makes sure Obama is fed and dressed well

In tiny Amana, Iowa, it was all Reggie Love could find for his boss to eat: a plate of over-fried walleye.

Updated: Aug. 26, 2008 2:05 AM | Full story

He gets Obama's voice to voters

When Robert Gibbs and his wife, Mary Catherine, wanted to go out to dinner during their recent vacation in Hawaii, Barack Obama recommended a restaurant and insisted that the couple drop off their 5-year-old with him.

Updated: Aug. 26, 2008 2:05 AM | Full story

Obama's show begins with wife's insights

On the first night of the 2008 Democratic national convention, Michelle Obama took the stage of the Pepsi Center to introduce her husband as a family man with classic American values.

Updated: Aug. 26, 2008 11:05 AM | Full story

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