Jan 7th, 2009 · Al Franken has claimed victory in the Senate race in Minnesota, but opponent Norm Coleman is challenging the result. Roland Burris went to Washington to be seated in the Senate, and was turned away. Also, Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) declines appointment to Obama's cabinet.
Oct 31st, 2008 · Just days before the election, a state senator in Tennessee unleashed an attack ad. The only problem, the ad attacked her opponent in the 2004 election. It was a mix-up by her media company. Republican Diane Black quickly apologized to the woman she beat four years ago.
Oct 30th, 2008 · Some recent polls show Sen. Barack Obama with a double digit lead in the race for the White House, while others show a much narrower gap between him and his opponent Sen. John McCain. Many wonder whether poll data is truly an accurate portrayal of voter sentiment. Celinda Lake, a veteran Democratic with Lake Research Partners, and Pamela Gentry, a political analyst with BET Networks, discuss the value of poll data among voters.
Oct 28th, 2008 · The GOP presidential ticket campaigned in the battleground state of Pennsylvania Monday. While continuing his argument that his opponent would redistribute wealth, John McCain said he would create opportunity for all Americans. McCain's plan relies heavily on tax cuts.
Oct 27th, 2008 · In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and his opponent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were on the campaign trail offering voters solutions to the Great Depression. Historian David Kennedy, professor emeritus at Stanford University and the author of Freedom from Fear, talks about how the candidates ran on the crisis and the solutions they offered.
Oct 20th, 2008 · Republican presidential hopeful John McCain was campaigning Sunday in the swing state of Ohio. He cast himself as the guardian of middle-class workers and small-business owners. McCain also said he was not surprised that former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, endorsed his Democratic opponent Barack Obama.
Oct 17th, 2008 · In New Hampshire Thursday, Barack Obama said he's not trying to run against George W. Bush. He said he's against the Bush policies that his opponent John McCain supports. Obama also charged that McCain hasn't outlined anything he would do differently than President Bush on important economic issues.
Oct 15th, 2008 · Ten-term Connecticut Rep. Christopher Shays is the last Republican House member from New England. This year, with an unpopular president and a well-financed opponent in Democrat Jim Himes, Shays finds himself in a very vulnerable position.