President George W. Bush did not attend the Republican National Convention, but spoke to the delegates via video conference.
While the political world held its breath awaiting the two presumptive presidential candidates' vice presidential picks, I slipped out of Washington and paid a visit to the real world.
President Bill Clinton's appearance at the Democratic National Convention last night served as a reminder of the economy we can have with policies that balance fiscal responsibility with investments in our people.
Former President Clinton dismissed critics who say Sen. Barack Obama is too inexperienced for the presidency in his speech to the Democratic National Convention.
For one night, it was like the Democratic Party had entered a parallel dimension, where John Kerry was an electrifying speaker and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were members of a mutual admiration society.
Republicans briefly stopped attacking Sen. Barack Obama for what they call his lack of foreign policy experience to note the historic significance of the United States nominating the first African-American for president.
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has agreed to put former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's name in nomination at the Democratic National Convention this month.
If Sen. Hillary Clinton's name is placed in nomination in Denver, Colorado, this year, it wouldn't be the first time that a candidate was beaten in the primaries and still formally contested the nomination at the convention.
Former President Clinton will speak at the Democratic National Convention, three sources said Thursday.
Former President Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama talked by phone Monday morning, representatives of both said, as the Democrats sought to quash rumors that Clinton holds a grudge against the man who knocked his wife out of contention for the party's presidential nomination.
President George W. Bush did not attend the Republican National Convention, but spoke to the delegates via video conference.
While the political world held its breath awaiting the two presumptive presidential candidates' vice presidential picks, I slipped out of Washington and paid a visit to the real world.
President Bill Clinton's appearance at the Democratic National Convention last night served as a reminder of the economy we can have with policies that balance fiscal responsibility with investments in our people.
Former President Clinton dismissed critics who say Sen. Barack Obama is too inexperienced for the presidency in his speech to the Democratic National Convention.
For one night, it was like the Democratic Party had entered a parallel dimension, where John Kerry was an electrifying speaker and Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were members of a mutual admiration society.
Republicans briefly stopped attacking Sen. Barack Obama for what they call his lack of foreign policy experience to note the historic significance of the United States nominating the first African-American for president.
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has agreed to put former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton's name in nomination at the Democratic National Convention this month.
If Sen. Hillary Clinton's name is placed in nomination in Denver, Colorado, this year, it wouldn't be the first time that a candidate was beaten in the primaries and still formally contested the nomination at the convention.
Former President Clinton will speak at the Democratic National Convention, three sources said Thursday.
Former President Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama talked by phone Monday morning, representatives of both said, as the Democrats sought to quash rumors that Clinton holds a grudge against the man who knocked his wife out of contention for the party's presidential nomination.
Bill Clinton on Tuesday canceled a commencement speech at the University of California, Los Angeles, because of a lingering labor dispute
What a long, strange, unhappy trip it's been for Bill Clinton.
Actress Gina Gershon is demanding a retraction from Vanity Fair after the magazine reported "high-end Hollywood dinner-party gossip" that former President Clinton "has been seen visiting" her in California.
The Vanity Fair journalist who infuriated the Clinton campaign over the weekend with an explosive article that questions former President Bill Clinton's business dealings and behavior since leaving the White House strongly defended his reporting Monday.
Hillary Clinton's campaign has apologized for "inappropriate" language used by her husband in response to what it called an "outrageously unfair" article about the former president.
A 30-member Democratic Party panel decided Saturday how to award Florida and Michigan delegates to presidential candidates Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama.
His lead still seems insurmountable, but some wonder if Clinton's win with white blue-collars could spell trouble
Barack Obama has refused to play by the old political rules. He's about to be rewarded for it
Sen. Barack Obama received key endorsements Friday from a top former Clinton administration official and two former Democratic senators.
There are probably days when Hillary Clinton is really grateful to the man she's married and there are days when she couldn't possibly be.
A campaign gaffe by former President Bill Clinton on his wife's tale about a trip to Bosnia got attention Friday -- sparking questions on whether he's becoming a big problem for her presidential campaign.
Barack Obama's candidacy has helped make African-American radio personalities sought-after presences
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson sharply disputed that he made any promises to Bill Clinton about presidential endorsements, as Clinton reportedly has claimed.
Former President Bill Clinton defended his role in his wife's presidential campaign in South Carolina, disputing claims he made race a campaign issue.
On scene in Austin, TIME's Hilary Hylton compares the old Clinton charisma with the new Obama charisma
The former President was supposed to be a major weapon in his wife's campaign. But is he to blame for its problems?
Inside the Democratic challengers' battle to win blue votes in the big red state of Texas
The Democratic candidate is polling poorly among one important ethnic group. Is race the reason?
In the saga of his love life that he weaves as a bedtime story for his preteen daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), in "Definitely, Maybe," Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) sounds like a man from Hope as he recounts the good old days of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign.
Barack Obama got the better of Clinton – Bill Clinton, that is – in a different kind of run-off this weekend.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton claimed the biggest prize of Super Tuesday's Democratic primaries with a win in California, CNN projected, while Sen. Barack Obama rode high in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states.
In the run-up to Super Tuesday, former President Bill Clinton is planning a tour of African-American churches in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.
Viewpoint: The former President has cheapened the Democratic race, says Joe Klein, and is in danger of spoiling his wife's chances
Bill Clinton has cheapened the Democratic campaign and turned his wife's run into a co-candidacy. Here's why Hillary would be better off alone he damage her presidency as well?
Activists on both sides are bracing for a new battle over gays in the military if the Democrats take the White House
With Super Tuesday just around the corner, his commanding, broad-based victory in South Carolina could mean that the Clinton brand of hard-knuckled politics is past its prime
After a week of at times bitter campaigning, Sen. Barack Obama faces a crucial test of his support from within the party Saturday as South Carolina Democrats head to the polls in a race that features black voters for the first time this presidential primary season.
Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said Sen. Barack Obama had become frustrated by his losses in New Hampshire and Nevada, and she also accused her opponent of not backing up his words with action.
The bitter back-and-forth between former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama has led a prominent black lawmaker to tell the former president Monday to "chill a little bit."
They've been tussling since they first tossed their hats in the ring -- about health care, the war in Iraq, each other's breadth of experience.
She's not only found herself on the wrong side of the experience-change divide, she's touting the wrong kind of experience
Obesity is the No. 1 health crisis in the United States, and the nation could be at risk without immediate action, former President Clinton said at CNN's first Fit Nation Summit.
A good ground game in New Hampshire helped. So did a new message. But the real change came from Clinton herself
It is a title that would be sure to bring either fear or cheer to many Americans, depending on your political leanings: Supreme Court Justice Bill Clinton.
Decorum dominated the final Democratic presidential debate in Iowa before the January 3 caucuses there, but contenders sought to distinguish themselves on questions of trade and economic growth.
After releasing three hostages, a man identified as Leeland Eisenberg, who claims to be holding a bomb, prolongs the standoff at Clinton's office
The college student who was told what question to ask at one of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign events said "voters have the right to know what happened" and she wasn't the only one who was planted.
Is Hillary holding back records from Bill's archives? The answer isn't clear, but archivists do have to wade through a lot of material -- of both the domestic and outer-space variety
What's the number one issue to voters right now?
Sen. Hillary Clinton's rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination are accusing her of delaying the release of records from her husband's administration, something the front-runner and President Clinton have denied.
Bill Clinton's new book, Giving, is a who's who of organizations and individuals that have crossed paths with him in the world of philanthropy and volunteerism. Readers are given a privileged seat at the table of the annual Clinton Global Initiative, where private-sector leaders make pledges of noble and often highly innovative undertakings.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is unveiling a sweeping health care proposal Monday that would require everyone to carry health insurance and offer federal subsidies to help reduce the cost of coverage.
And other surprising answers, in TIME.com's first-ever survey of the wives (and husband) of the presidential candidates
Hillary Clinton gets ready for another Letterman appearance, highlighting the increasingly important role talk shows are playing on the campaign trail
We're in an unprecedented situation. It's not just that Hillary Clinton would be the first woman president if elected, she would also be the first president married to a former president.
What do the first-quarter fundraising totals tell us about the Democratic race?
It's March Madness.
The Republican running against Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York denied a Monday newspaper report that he disparaged the Democratic senator's appearance.
We asked, and you answered. In the QuickVotes that appear every day on the front page of the Exchange, you not only voted -- you left us comments responding to the issues of the day. Here is a selection of your responses, some of which have been edited:
Former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had sharply different views this week on whether the Clinton or Bush administrations were more aggressive in pursuing Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network. We asked our readers who they think is right and why.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday defended her husband in an ongoing war of words with conservatives over whether the administration did enough to fight terrorism.
Before the final hours of the Clinton Global Initiative, the lobby of Manhattan's Sheraton hotel was so jam-packed that it was almost impossible to move through the crowd. It wasn't easy to pick out people in the sea of the famous, the wealthy and the powerful, but they were there. Barbara Streisand. First Lady Laura Bush. Hillary Clinton. And so on.
In a contentious taped interview that aired on "Fox News Sunday," former President Bill Clinton vigorously defended his efforts as president to capture and kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
"All the King's Men" dramatizes the rise and fall of a charismatic politician with a winning common touch whose good works are overshadowed by scandal and whose reputation is disgraced by impeachment.
Part of the deal at the Clinton Global Initiative currently taking place in midtown Manhattan is that when someone agrees to commit money to a project, they get to come up on stage with President Clinton, sign a document, and get a picture.
Former President Bill Clinton called for ABC to "tell the truth" in an upcoming miniseries about the events leading up to the 9/11 attacks.
When the black SUV crested the hill and stopped near a cluster of low buildings in the desolate Rwandan village of Rwinkwavu, a crowd of people cheered and the cameras started to roll. Showtime. Pa...
The Clinton Foundation is not a foundation at all in the traditional sense, because it has no money of its own.
Former President Bill Clinton has been celebrating his 60th birthday at breakneck speed and he will be continuing to do so for months to come, according to news reports. Given the many laughs he has afforded me over the years, I hope he will proceed at a more restrained pace. I could not bear to see him make another run to the emergency room. The sudden whitening of his hair since his retirement from the White House and shrinkage of his once fleshy physique should admonish voluptuaries everywhere of the potential health threats from recreational sex.
The Hon. Newt Gingrich's recent oracular rumble to a luncheon audience at the Brookings Institution, during which he threatened to seek the Republican presidential nomination if a "vacuum" remains in the Republican field, reminded me of an inescapable insight I suffered sometime in 1998. Gingrich is the Republicans' Bill Clinton. Being a Republican, Gingrich is not as hollow as the Arkansas huckster, nor as amusing. In fact, he can be boring.
In a new poll comparing President Bush's job performance with that of his predecessor, a strong majority of respondents said President Clinton outperformed Bush on a host of issues.
The nation's biggest beverage makers have agreed to end sales of nearly all sugary sodas to public schools, a group led by former President Clinton announced Wednesday.
Former President Clinton says the world must make a "real commitment" in fighting the AIDS epidemic by getting medication to the most urgent areas and by promoting health care, awareness and prevention of the disease.
Are you a confused Capitalist? With crises looming in health care, pensions, and energy (to pick the short list), corporate America's pragmatism is sorely needed in public life. Yet the business co...
There was some last-minute drama in Washington before yesterday's release of the long-awaited report by Independent Counsel David Barrett. Sources close to the three-judge panel overseeing the report say that the panel's members were furious about leaks to the press previewing the report's contents. The report, detailing an organized attempt by Clinton administration officials to shut down an Internal Revenue Service investigation into possible tax violations by President Bill Clinton's secretary of housing and urban development Henry Cisneros, was to be released at 9:00 a.m. Thursday. The day before, late in the afternoon, word went out from the judges to the Independent Counsel's office that the release would be delayed.
Former President Bill Clinton announced more deals with pharmaceutical companies to provide cheaper AIDS tests and drugs -- a plan that could save developing countries tens of millions of dollars.
Earlier this month in New Orleans, after announcing $90 million in hurricane-recovery grants, George Bush and Bill Clinton sat down for their first joint print interview, with TIME's Michael Duffy, who covered both Presidents when they were in office. The two men were in a good mood, referring and deferring to each other throughout the 30-minute session and recalling a joint adventure on the high seas. Here are some excerpts:
The whole deal, as 42 might say, was 43's idea. Looking for a way to showcase the U.S. relief effort after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami last December, George W. Bush wondered if his two immediate predecessors in the White House might be willing to suit up and hit the road. He asked his chief of staff, "Do you think they'd work together?" The easy, reflex answer would have been no. George Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton came from different generations, from different social classes and from opposing political parties. Their 1992 face-off wasn't exactly tea and sympathy: Bush once called Clinton a "bozo," and Clinton usually referred to his rival as "Old Bush." The 10 years that followed weren't much better. The 1992 defeat hit Bush so hard that friends say he needed half a decade to get over it, and an aide recalls that some of Clinton's angriest private moments during his impeachment were rants directed not at independent counsel Ken Starr but at the Bush family's aura of privile
Former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton announced Wednesday the recipients of $90 million of Hurricane Katrina relief money, unveiling the grants at the University of New Orleans.
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh on Sunday accused former President Bill Clinton of ditching the investigation into the 1996 bombing of a U.S. barracks in Saudi Arabia to pursue better relations with Iran.
Former President Clinton believes the Democrats should pounce on and exploit President Bush's refusal to hike taxes to finance Hurricane Katrina relief efforts and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Former President Bill Clinton on Friday said it should be required that any future head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency have "prior experience in emergency management."
Former President Bill Clinton on Monday said the government "failed" the thousands of people who lived in coastal communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and said a federal investigation was warranted in due time.
Former President Bill Clinton said his weight problem and brush with death are the catalysts behind his foundation's initiative of tackling childhood obesity.
Bill Clinton met Thursday with Zanzibar's president, whose government has worked closely with the former U.S. president's AIDS foundation.
Former FBI official Mark Felt "did the right thing" by leaking information to The Washington Post that helped lead to President Nixon resignation's in the Watergate scandal in 1974, former President Clinton said.
Former President Bill Clinton will continue his tour of the Maldives and Indonesia in the tsunami-hit regions in Southeast Asia on Sunday.
Former President Bill Clinton announced Monday that his foundation will donate $10 million to expand treatment for children with AIDS in the developing world.
About to tee off at a golf tournament Wednesday, former President Clinton appeared unconcerned about his surgery the following day to drain fluid from his chest.
Former President Clinton will undergo surgery this week to drain fluid and remove scar tissue from the left part of his chest, physicians said Tuesday.
Former U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton have visited devastated Sri Lankan coasts on their third stop in a four-nation tour of the tsunami-stricken region.
Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush toured the heart of Asia's tsunami disaster area Sunday, meeting with survivors and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in an effort to see first-hand how the region was affected by the massive waves.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fainted during a luncheon speech Monday in upstate New York, citing a 24-hour virus, but she recovered and resumed her public schedule.
When asked during his 1992 campaign why he had not responded to his country's draft call and served in the Vietnam War, candidate Bill Clinton ducked, dodged and creatively changed the subject.
President Bush on Monday tapped two former presidents -- his father, President George H.W. Bush, and his predecessor, President Clinton -- to head up a massive campaign to help raise private donations for victims of the Asian tsunamis.
Former Presidents Bush and Clinton launched a joint effort across partisan lines to raise money for victims of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunamis after the White House tapped them Monday to lead an effort to drum up private donations.
There is some magic in the fraternity of presidents. For the most most part they forgive one another for the insults they have endured on the political battlefield.
President Bush joined Bill Clinton and two other former U.S. presidents Thursday to dedicate Clinton's presidential library, a ceremony that also brought together celebrities from both Washington and Hollywood.
Bill Clinton jokes that since he's not the president anymore, nobody listens to him.
With eight days remaining before Election Day, Democratic strategists fired the big gun and put the controversial but charismatic Bill Clinton on the stump with presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry.
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