John McCain's involvement in the 1980s with a group of Senators hoping to save a troubled Savings and Loan comes back to haunt him
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama hammered away at each other's judgment on the economy, domestic policy and foreign affairs as they faced off in their second presidential debate.
John McCain went on the offensive and Barack Obama played it safe. But nothing happened to shake up a race that is trending more and more in the Democrat's favor
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBC's Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of that debate.
Pundits may have spent the year declaring the passing of the 527 era, but the view from primary states this month is beginning to make the reports of that death look just a bit premature.
With just four weeks left until Election Day, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are preparing to face off in Tuesday night's high-stakes presidential debate.
There's something that Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama won't hear tonight.
It may well be impossible for the Republican presidential nominee to achieve in just 90 minutes all that is expected of him
With less than 30 days until the election, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are stepping up their negative ads as they try to win over the narrowing margin of undecided voters.
By now you've probably heard about how ugly things have gotten out there on the campaign trail in the last 48 hours.
John McCain's involvement in the 1980s with a group of Senators hoping to save a troubled Savings and Loan comes back to haunt him
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama hammered away at each other's judgment on the economy, domestic policy and foreign affairs as they faced off in their second presidential debate.
John McCain went on the offensive and Barack Obama played it safe. But nothing happened to shake up a race that is trending more and more in the Democrat's favor
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBC's Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of that debate.
Pundits may have spent the year declaring the passing of the 527 era, but the view from primary states this month is beginning to make the reports of that death look just a bit premature.
With just four weeks left until Election Day, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are preparing to face off in Tuesday night's high-stakes presidential debate.
There's something that Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama won't hear tonight.
It may well be impossible for the Republican presidential nominee to achieve in just 90 minutes all that is expected of him
With less than 30 days until the election, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are stepping up their negative ads as they try to win over the narrowing margin of undecided voters.
By now you've probably heard about how ugly things have gotten out there on the campaign trail in the last 48 hours.
A new TIME/CNN poll shows John McCain still struggling in states won by George W. Bush in 2004
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign Monday tried to draw a parallel between Sen. John McCain's involvement in the nearly 2-decade-old "Keating Five" scandal and the current economic crisis.
Whether or not you agree with spending $700 billion on the bailout, plus another $150 billion on what looks like pork-barrel goodies, one thing's for sure: That's $850 billion we won't have to spend on those long lists of promises being made by the presidential candidates.
With four weeks to go till Election Day, the road ahead for John McCain is straight up the side of an ice-covered mountain.
Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday charged that Sen. John McCain's campaign is launching "Swift boat-style attacks" on him instead of addressing the country's problems.
Republican Sen. John McCain likes fellow conservative justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama does not think much of Clarence Thomas.
With polls shifting in Barack Obama's favor and only a month to go before the election, the Republican nominee must find a way to regain ground in states that were once reliable GOP strongholds
Sen. Barack Obama, campaigning Saturday in the battleground state of Virginia, lashed out at his presidential rival's plan to tackle health care reform.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama weighed in Friday on the passage of the economic bailout bill, which was signed into law by President Bush.
A four-page proposal grew to 400 to achieve passage as Obama won Democratic accolades while Republicans grumbled about McCain
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She did fine, I suppose.
Sen. Joe Biden was debating Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday night, but the Democratic vice presidential candidate known for attack-dog instincts saved his bites for Sen. John McCain.
Sen. John McCain told CNN Thursday his running mate Sarah Palin will perform well in Thursday night's vice presidential debate against Democratic rival Joe Biden.
Wednesday night's vote on the financial bailout was good for future legislators who plan to run for president. For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that sitting senators make bad presidential candidates.
Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that if the financial rescue bill fails in Congress again, "the present crisis will turn into a disaster," and Sen. Barack Obama told lawmakers it's time to "step up to the plate."
Polls in five crucial battleground states in the race for the White House released Wednesday suggest that Sen. Barack Obama is making some major gains.
The candidate's bold moves may have energized his campaign temporarily, but at the expense of a coherent overall message
In addition to all his other troubles, John McCain is having a problem with the conservative wing of Arizona's Republican Party
Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain worked to cool the partisan heat of the financial crisis, with both calling for Congress to regroup and act quickly to prevent a feared financial collapse and foster confidence in the banking system
A new TIME poll shows that the Democratic candidate has reached the benchmark 50% threshold, and that women have returned in large numbers
The House's failure to pass a $700 billion bailout package Monday not only held back billions for Wall Street but also was a major blow to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign.
The $700 billion financial plan for Wall Street failed in the House of Representatives because people are not convinced it is a "rescue effort," Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain told CNN's "American Morning."
John McCain and Barack Obama are both selling theories about what kind of leader America needs in the 21st century. But the financial crisis yanked their notions out of the lab and tested them in real time, under a magnifying glass
Conservatives are calling on the McCain campaign to stop keeping Gov. Sarah Palin under wraps as the Republican vice presidential nominee continues intense preparations for her debate with Democratic rival Sen. Joe Biden.
In a column appearing in Newsweek, world affairs expert and author Fareed Zakaria said he thinks it would be best for Republican presidential hopeful John McCain if Gov. Sarah Palin bowed out as his vice presidential running mate.
Congressional leaders this weekend reached an agreement on the government's $700 billion bailout proposal, but questions remain over what role the presidential candidates played in negotiations.
No one wants to take credit for the plan that might save the US economy
Top lawmakers in Washington disagreed Sunday about the role Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama played in reaching an agreement on the government's $700 billion bailout proposal.
In a midnight session, congressional leaders and the Bush Administration came to a tentative agreement on a $700 billion bailout package
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama landed some punches Friday night, but neither delivered a knockout blow in the first presidential debate featuring the two party nominees.
If you missed this week's news, you missed a whole lot -- and a whole lot of nothing
Who "won" the first presidential debate? According to many iReporters, Sen. Barack Obama came out on top.
In their first head-to-head debate, Sen. John McCain criticized Sen. Barack Obama as a candidate who "doesn't understand" the key issues the country faces, and Obama linked McCain to President Bush on several issues.
John McCain accused Barack Obama of compiling "the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate" Friday night as the two rivals clashed over taxes, spending, the war in Iraq and more in an intense first debate of the White House campaign. "Mostly that's just me opposing George Bush's wrong-headed policies," shot back the Democrat.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama debated on the campus of the University of Mississippi Friday night. The moderator for the debate was Jim Lehrer of the NewsHour on PBS. What follows is the full transcript of the debate:
The next president will have to decide when and how to leave Iraq and what the United States will leave behind, Sen. John McCain said Friday.
On a night that the Democratic nominee had to show he could stand toe to toe with John McCain, Barack Obama confidently passed the test. Mark Halperin rates the two candidates' performances.
With the presidential candidates temporarily out of town, negotiators go back to the drawing board
The GOP candidate announces he will take part in tonight's debate, as wrangling continues over the financial rescue plan
Talk about a last-minute reprieve. Tonight's presidential debate in Oxford, Mississippi was nearly a casualty of the financial crisis. It's back on schedule.
Key events for the week of September 19 - 25, 2008
Sen. John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign is being played by Democrats as a desperate ploy from a campaign in decline and by Republicans as a courageous move to rescue the economy.
John McCain was a U.S. military pilot who spent nearly six years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was shot down, beaten and tortured. So by comparison, things aren't going that badly right now. But in a way, it's like he's been shot down all over again.
If the candidates actually face-off tonight, each will have to decide: will they play it hot or cold?
What began as high-stakes negotiations over the proposed $700 billion bailout of the nation's financial system dissolved into bickering, begging and a roiling battle between parties Thursday night.
Democrats are blaming John McCain; Republicans say it's the Dems who are playing politics. Both may be right
Lawmakers investigating Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner accused the McCain-Palin campaign on Thursday of stonewalling the probe by helping witnesses refuse to comply with subpoenas.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama left a White House meeting, described as at times "contentious," with no apparent financial bailout deal worked out.
The financial crisis on Wall Street is casting a huge shadow over the presidential race, with the candidates abandoning the campaign trail and rushing to the White House for an emergency meeting.
Despite John McCain's announcement that he is suspending his campaign, chances are there will be a debate Friday night at Ole Miss. And with all the challenges and changes facing the American people, a good partisan debate may be the thing we need most.
Was the Late Show host right or out of line with his outrage about the GOP candidate?
The presidential campaign and the financial crisis have collided, with uncertainty raging over the possibility of the first debate not taking place
Shortly after Sen. John McCain announced on Wednesday the suspension of his campaign to tackle the economic recovery plan in Congress, his opponent questioned the timing of his decision.
Congressional Democrats accused Sen. John McCain on Wednesday of potentially upsetting negotiations over a $700 billion bailout package by injecting presidential politics into the process, while Republicans welcomed his decision to return to Washington to participate in the talks.
Sen. Barack Obama is setting his sights on some traditionally red states, hoping to rout Sen. John McCain by redrawing the Electoral College map.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama began to formally prepare for their first debate only this week, but their campaigns began negotiations months ago with the Commission on Presidential Debates.
In his first press conference in nearly six weeks, Sen. John McCain urged lawmakers Tuesday to adopt five of his proposed improvements to the government's proposed financial rescue plan.
Sen. John McCain has spent much of his two decades in Congress pushing deregulation, but the Republican presidential nominee is continuing his election year migration toward more government control of the economy as the nation faces one of its greatest financial crises since the Great Depression.
By a 2-to-1 ratio, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks, a new national poll suggests.
As the stock market goes through stomach-turning ups and downs, Sen. Barack Obama is accusing Sen. John McCain of wanting to "gamble with Social Security," a charge the Republican presidential nominee rejects as fear mongering.
Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are virtually tied in some of the key battleground states that could decide the presidential election.
In the wake of the country's financial meltdown, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have been telling voters they'll fix the economy while their opponent would only make it worse.
Sen. Barack Obama told voters in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday that if Sen. John McCain became president, he would privatize their Social Security.
They are learning to play off each other, and their teaming has brought energy and focus not present when McCain campaigns alone
Key events for the week of September 12 - 18, 2008
As the nation's financial crisis tops headlines and dominates campaign trail discussion, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama released a flurry of television ads within a few hours that play off a rising sense of economic anxiety.
The new offensive in the presidential election is a Spanish-language air war in which each party is trying to convince Latino voters that the other is no amigo to the nation's largest minority and that it did them wrong during the immigration debacle in Congress.
Sen. Barack Obama has widened his lead over Sen. John McCain, according to CNN's latest "poll of polls."
Is America's honeymoon with Sarah Palin over? Polls suggest that might be so.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday he would fire Securities and Exchange Chairman Christopher Cox if he were president, accusing the former GOP congressman of betraying the public's trust.
In this election, the biggest celebrities are running for office.
New polls in five battleground states that could decide the presidency suggest the fight for the White House between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama remains a dead heat.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took questions with her running mate Wednesday night, offering at one point to play "stump the candidate" with a mostly friendly Michigan crowd.
Much of the Spanish press has decided that the Republican candidate confused their nation with one of the Latin American states
Larry King talked with Meghan McCain. the daughter of the Republican presidential candidate, about her new book, "My Dad, John McCain." She also writes about her experiences on the campaign trail for the Web site, McCainBloggette.com.
A new TIME poll shows John McCain and Sarah Palin are winning over the swing voters that both sides need in November. But will it last?
Every politician stretches the truth. But McCain is running a uniquely dishonest campaign
Sen. John McCain's campaign rebranded the Republican ticket by putting Sarah Palin in the VP spot, but it's up to voters to decide how much staying power the new product has.
Looking to neutralize a key Republican campaign issue, the House majority passes legislation allowing offshore drilling
Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO turned top John McCain aide, said she doesn't think Sarah Palin is qualified to run a major corporation. For that matter, Fiorina said, McCain, Obama and Biden aren't capable of that kind of job either.
Sen. John McCain's senior domestic policy adviser said Tuesday that the BlackBerry mobile e-mail device was a "miracle that John McCain helped create."
Ever since Sen. John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for his running mate more than two weeks ago, the Republicans have dominated the headlines.
This summer I found myself wishing someone would give voters useful and unbiased information about which candidate has the best plans for the economy.
For the first time since the start of the election, merchandise for John McCain's campaign rivals sales of Barack Obama gear at CafePress, an online store specializing in user-generated T-shirts.
Why John McCain's campaign is focused on trying to get its base good and angry
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama on Monday both blasted regulators and managers for failing to head off the financial woes rocking Wall Street and called for an overhaul of the rules governing financial institutions.
In her first solo appearance on the campaign trail, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told voters Monday they need to send her and John McCain to the White House so they can "shake things up."
In a way, we all feared it would come to this: A campaign that started out about the issues has disintegrated into a dirty ad war.
It seems like just yesterday when Sen. Barack Obama impressed our troops in Kuwait by shooting his flawless three-pointer into the basket without hitting the rim.
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