http://www.coxwashington.com The latest headlines from CoxWashington en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., CoxWashington Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:55:04 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 5 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/15/2008/11/17/DEMS_CONGRESS16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/15/2008/11/17/DEMS_CONGRESS16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:30:43 EST These are the dog days of the nation's capital - with First Dog Barney taking a bite out of a reporter, the Obamas shopping for Barney's replacement at the White House and, perhaps most importantly to the incoming president's ambitions, the deficit-obsessed Blue Dog Democrats in Congress losing some of their bark. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/11/2008/11/12/OBAMA_INNER_CIRCLE12_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/11/2008/11/12/OBAMA_INNER_CIRCLE12_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:00:13 EST The "Age of Obama," as some of President-elect Obama's most ardent admirers describe America's political future, comes with a cast of characters strikingly different from the last time a new Democratic administration was preparing to take power. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/8/2008/11/10/SENATE_CHANGE09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/8/2008/11/10/SENATE_CHANGE09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:54 EST It ain't over yet. It could be weeks, in fact, before voters know the new make-up of the U.S. Senate, the legislative body with the most power to make or break Barack Obama's presidency. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/11/06/ELEX_MAIN05_4THLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/11/06/ELEX_MAIN05_4THLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:19:33 EST (Released Tuesday) An unhappy and unsettled America picked an unlikely president Tuesday - Barack Obama, a young African American lawmaker from Illinois who sparked a sweeping political movement with an eloquent promise of change and, most importantly, hope. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/11/03/ELEX_VIEWERSGUIDE04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/11/03/ELEX_VIEWERSGUIDE04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:53:18 EST It could be an early night for election viewers Tuesday because the trends in the presidential and congressional races may be apparent within an hour or so of the first polls closing. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/1/2008/11/03/ELEX_SENATE02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/1/2008/11/03/ELEX_SENATE02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:47:32 EST Sixty - it's a nice round even number, as the Yankee baseball slugger Roger Maris was repeatedly told in his assault on Babe Ruth's legendary home run record in 1961. But since 1975, the number "60" has also had a kind of hall of fame status in American politics - as a number signifying nearly unbridled power in the U.S. Senate. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/1/2008/11/03/GOP_2012_02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/1/2008/11/03/GOP_2012_02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:50:30 EST The end of one presidential race means the almost immediate beginning of another, so don't be surprised at the political jockeying next week after the votes are counted in the lengthy contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/24/2008/10/27/GOP_POLL25.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/24/2008/10/27/GOP_POLL25.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:52:59 EDT Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a bigger drag on Republican John McCain's presidential campaign than even President Bush, a poll released Friday found. Twenty-three percent of the voters surveyed said Palin is the reason McCain is losing to Democrat Barack Obama, compared to 22 percent who said the drag on the GOP ticket is Bush's policies. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/15/2008/10/16/PRES_DEBATE16_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/15/2008/10/16/PRES_DEBATE16_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:08:19 EDT Trailing in the polls and running out of time, GOP presidential candidate John McCain went face-to-face Wednesday night with contentious allegations about Democrat Barack Obama that he has made on the campaign trail and in campaign ads. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/14/2008/10/14/DEBATE15_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/14/2008/10/14/DEBATE15_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:18:19 EDT If John McCain thrives on fourth-and-long, as football-minded cable news pundits frequently note, Wednesday night's third and final debate with Democrat Barack Obama may be the Republican nominee's last chance to change the direction of the presidential election. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/13/2008/10/13/ACORN14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/13/2008/10/13/ACORN14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:07:11 EDT Even with the financial markets collapsing around the world in recent weeks, a little known group called the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is suddenly at the heart of Republican presidential nominee John McCain's attacks on Democratic rival Barack Obama. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/7/2008/10/08/DEBATE08_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/7/2008/10/08/DEBATE08_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 00:26:15 EDT Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain spent 90 minutes together on stage Tuesday night at a town-hall-style debate devoid of the nasty long-distance charges launched by each side in recent days. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/10/03/VP_DEBATE03_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/10/03/VP_DEBATE03_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:36:21 EDT Democrat Joe Biden, who has spent years trying to get into prime time, and Republican Sarah Palin, a Republican some critics say is not ready for it, scrapped for 90 minutes Thursday night in a lively, rapid-fire vice presidential debate. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/1/2008/10/01/VP_DEBATE02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/1/2008/10/01/VP_DEBATE02_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:50:32 EDT Hours before John McCain's surprise announcement of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, a McCain confidante waved a reporter away from another rumored candidate – a veteran senator with a resume more impressive than Palin's. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/25/2008/09/25/WH_BAILOUT26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/25/2008/09/25/WH_BAILOUT26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:04:19 EDT The nation's economic future – and whether there will be a presidential debate Friday night – was in doubt Thursday after an extraordinary White House Cabinet Room meeting failed to produce an agreement on the $700 billion bailout plan President Bush said is needed to stave off widespread suffering. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/16/2008/09/16/BARR_LAWSUIT17_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/16/2008/09/16/BARR_LAWSUIT17_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:58:42 EDT Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr's campaign filed suit Tuesday seeking to remove Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama from the ballot in Texas, alleging that the two major candidates missed the deadline for officially filing to be on the ballot. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/11/2008/09/11/OBAMA_SHIFT12_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/11/2008/09/11/OBAMA_SHIFT12_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:18:12 EDT The reality of historic voting trends in the Old Confederacy is setting in, forcing Barack Obama's presidential campaign to shift resources of out such states as Texas and Georgia to more fertile ground for the Democratic nominee. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/09/03/GOP_MAIN04_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/09/03/GOP_MAIN04_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:34:40 EDT The Republican Party nominated John McCain for president Wednesday night and got its first close-up look at his embattled running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, "your average hockey mom," who came out swinging Wednesday night against Democratic nominee Barack Obama and the Washington political establishment. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/09/03/GOP_NOTEBOOK04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/09/03/GOP_NOTEBOOK04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:45:16 EDT Perdue: Dems say 'Dang!' http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/09/03/GOP_DEMS04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/3/2008/09/03/GOP_DEMS04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:42:11 EDT Turnabout is fair play in politics, so the Democrats set up their own "war room" for the Republican national convention this week. But they, unlike the Republicans at the Democratic convention in Denver, have gotten off to a slow start in St. Paul. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/09/02/GOP_MAIN2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/09/02/GOP_MAIN2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 23:22:12 EDT The Republican national convention, blown off course temporarily by Hurricane Gustav, roared back Tuesday night with a politically charged program showcasing John McCain as a man of independence and integrity and running mate Sarah Palin as a courageous reformer and victim of media hysteria. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/09/02/GOP_NOTEBOOK03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/2/2008/09/02/GOP_NOTEBOOK03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 2 Sep 2008 21:37:18 EDT Palin keeps low profile http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/31/2008/09/01/GOP_MAIN01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/31/2008/09/01/GOP_MAIN01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:19:13 EDT Hurricane Gustav, bearing down on the Gulf Coast on Sunday, forced Republican National Convention organizers to scrap their plans in favor of a scaled-down, no-politics agenda for Monday's session and uncertainty beyond that. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/28/2008/09/01/CON_MAIN29_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/28/2008/09/01/CON_MAIN29_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 11:58:46 EDT Barack Obama's mile high moment came Thursday night, with rockets red glare, some 20 months after he set out on a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, a quest that tested not only the candidate but the willingness of voters to write a new chapter in America's troubled racial history. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/26/2008/08/27/CON_MAIN_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/26/2008/08/27/CON_MAIN_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:53:12 EDT (Moved Tuesday) Hillary Clinton summoned her still-disappointed legions to the cause of Barack Obama with an emotionally charged speech Tuesday night that sought to bind the wounds of the longest presidential primary fight in the history of the Democratic Party and summon Democrats to political arms against Republicans this fall. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/27/2008/08/27/CON_MAIN_2NLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/27/2008/08/27/CON_MAIN_2NLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:47:54 EDT Amid chants of "Yes we can," Democrats nominated Barack Obama for president Wednesday, an historic moment in American politics. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/26/2008/08/26/CON_NOTEBOOK27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/26/2008/08/26/CON_NOTEBOOK27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:32:51 EDT Sen. Bill Nelson told Florida's Democratic delegates Tuesday that Barack Obama and his campaign team are paying attention to local politicians on how to win the Sunshine State. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/26/2008/08/26/CON_GOP_27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/26/2008/08/26/CON_GOP_27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:29:17 EDT The Democratic Party's national convention is not just for Democrats. Republican heavyweights are here in force as John McCain surrogates, and the party has a fully staffed "war room" to respond quickly to Democratic criticism from the convention podium. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/22/2008/08/22/CON_FMRNOMINEES23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/22/2008/08/22/CON_FMRNOMINEES23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:18:11 EDT Dozens of prominent Democrats will have their moments in the sun at the party's 2008 national convention next week, including its previous presidential nominees, with three major exceptions - George McGovern, Michael Dukakis and Walter Mondale. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/21/2008/08/21/ELEX_HOUSES22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/21/2008/08/21/ELEX_HOUSES22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:16:12 EDT The presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain convulsed Thursday into a bitter exchange over how many houses McCain owns and how Obama bought his, all after McCain couldn't tell an interviewer how many homes he and his wife own. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/15/2008/08/15/DEMS_EVANGELICAL16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/15/2008/08/15/DEMS_EVANGELICAL16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:20:38 EDT In his keynote address to the 2004 Democratic national convention, the speech that made him a national figure, Barack Obama surprised many in the audience when he thundered that "we worship an awesome God in the blue states." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/13/2008/08/14/WARNER14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/13/2008/08/14/WARNER14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:39:08 EDT Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, a rising star in the Democratic Party, was tapped by the Obama campaign on Wednesday to deliver the keynote address to the 2008 Democratic national convention, an honor that often propels the speaker to the forefront of future presidential candidates. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/8/2008/08/08/VEEP09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/8/2008/08/08/VEEP09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:19:32 EDT Sometime in the next two or three weeks, Barack Obama and John McCain will pick their running mates, a process that experts say is dysfunctional because vice presidents have a one-in-three chance of becoming president, with virtually no vetting by voters. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/5/2008/08/05/WOMEN_VOTERS06_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/5/2008/08/05/WOMEN_VOTERS06_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:23:10 EDT Although Barack Obama had trouble winning women's votes in his primary battles against Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee has taken a commanding lead over Republican John McCain among women in the general election campaign for the White House, a national poll released Tuesday showed. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/5/2008/08/05/ELEX_COUNTDOWN_06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/5/2008/08/05/ELEX_COUNTDOWN_06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:07:38 EDT The 90-day countdown begins Wednesday for the nation's longest presidential campaign. But in these final three months leading up to the Nov. 4 election, there will be plenty of events that could dramatically alter the contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/3/2008/08/04/ELEX_COUNTDOWN03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/8/3/2008/08/04/ELEX_COUNTDOWN03_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:25:51 EDT Next Wednesday, the 90-day countdown will begin for the nation's longest presidential campaign. But in those final three months leading up to the Nov. 4 election, there will be plenty of events that could dramatically alter the contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/31/2008/07/31/ELEX_POLLS01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/31/2008/07/31/ELEX_POLLS01_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:32:32 EDT Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama got no "Berlin Bounce" in the Buckeye State. Or in the Sunshine State. Or in the Keystone State, according to the latest polling in the crucial election swing states of Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/29/2008/07/29/DEMOCRATS_HISPANICS30_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/29/2008/07/29/DEMOCRATS_HISPANICS30_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:54:57 EDT The Barack Obama campaign announced Tuesday it is joining forces with the Democratic National Committee in a $20 million effort to mobilize Hispanic voters in key swing states in the fall presidential election. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/27/2008/07/29/VP_DEMS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/27/2008/07/29/VP_DEMS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:32:21 EDT (Released July 27) WASHINGTON — With just over a month until the Democratic Party holds its national convention to nominate Barack Obama for president, the speculation over who the Illinois senator will pick as his vice presidential running mate will soon reach a fevered pitch. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/28/2008/07/28/OBAMA_ECONOMY29_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/28/2008/07/28/OBAMA_ECONOMY29_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:38:32 EDT Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama declared the U.S. economy in a state of "emergency" Monday as he convened a meeting of high-powered economic advisers, a summit that aides to Republican rival John McCain dismissed as little more than political theater. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/27/2008/07/28/GAS_ISSUES27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/07/27/2008/07/28/GAS_ISSUES27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:33:29 EDT Nothing focuses the mind like a hanging, 18th century English essayist Samuel Johnson famously noted. In American politics, the same is true of high gas prices. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/05/06/DEMS_06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/05/06/DEMS_06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:31:49 EDT "I'm a pressure player," Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama boasted during a basketball game here this weekend. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/05/05/DEMS05_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/05/05/DEMS05_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:31:17 EDT Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton dueled on separate television talk shows Sunday as they prepared for yet another crucial primary showdown this week. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/29/WRIGHT29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/29/WRIGHT29_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:23:30 EDT Even before a defiant Rev. Jeremiah Wright appeared at the National Press Club Monday morning, Barack Obama's chief strategist assessed the impact that Obama's former minister's media blitz would likely have on the Illinois senator's campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/26/DEMS_REDSTATES26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/26/DEMS_REDSTATES26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 12:21:29 EDT As Democratic leaders try to end the continuing fight for their party's 2008 presidential nomination, the contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton heads into an ironic phase: of the final seven states to vote, only one, Oregon, has supported a Democratic nominee in the last two White House contests. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/24/DEMS_PRIMARY24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/24/DEMS_PRIMARY24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:52:49 EDT With her solid 10-point win in Pennsylvania primary behind her and a new infusion of cash, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton made the case Wednesday that she, not front-runner Barack Obama, would be the stronger candidate against presumptive Republican nominee John McCain this fall. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/23/DEMS_PA23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/23/DEMS_PA23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:51:39 EDT Hillary Clinton took a solid and crucial win over Barack Obama in Tuesday's Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary, extending the race at least two more weeks and keeping alive her uphill battle to capture the nomination. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/23/DEMS_ANALYSIS_2NDLEDE23.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/23/DEMS_ANALYSIS_2NDLEDE23.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:51:38 EDT Pivotal? No. Crucial? Yes. At least for Hillary Clinton's hopes of wresting the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination from front-runner Barack Obama. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/22/PA_DEMS22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/22/PA_DEMS22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:50:55 EDT The final push in the Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary is ending on an unusually nasty note, with TV ads featuring images of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, and amid signs that Hillary Clinton is beginning the most crucial stretch of her campaign more than $1 million in debt. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/20/PA_PRIMARY20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/20/PA_PRIMARY20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:49:30 EDT The outcome of Pennsylvania's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday probably will do little to alter the dynamics of the race for pledged delegates between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but it could accelerate the march of superdelegates to one camp or the other, bringing the longest party presidential contest in history closer to an end. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/17/DEMS_DEBATE17_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/17/DEMS_DEBATE17_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Sat, 31 May 2008 11:46:14 EDT After a week of sharp attacks, Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton adopted a more civil tone in their debate Wednesday night but steadfastly refused to commit to run together as a ticket this fall. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/16/CLINTON16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/16/CLINTON16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:15:46 EDT Hillary Clinton abandoned her "elitist" line of attack against Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama on Tuesday amid questions about her own success in helping economically troubled rural areas in her home state of New York. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/15/MCCAIN_SHIELD15_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/15/MCCAIN_SHIELD15_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:15:10 EDT Despite some misgivings, Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, announced Monday that he would support legislation allowing reporters to shield the identity of confidential news sources from prosecutors and law enforcement officials. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/13/DEM_PRIMARIES13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/04/13/DEM_PRIMARIES13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:13:48 EDT Pennsylvania's primary on April 22, which begins the final lap of the 10 remaining contests in the Democratic presidential campaign, is a "no excuse" match between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/23/POLITICS_RELIGION23_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/23/POLITICS_RELIGION23_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:43:09 EDT Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's involvement with a fiery preacher is only the latest in an unusual number of religious controversies so far in the 2008 race for the White House. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/19/OBAMA19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/19/OBAMA19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:40:13 EDT Democratic candidate Barack Obama, drawing on his own complex racial identity Tuesday, urged Americans of all colors to end the country's "racial stalemate" and tried to explain to whites the black anger behind the incendiary statements of his former minister, the source of a political firestorm threatening his presidential campaign. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/14/ELEX14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/14/ELEX14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:36:33 EDT The presidential campaign detoured Thursday to the U.S. Capitol with Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain returning to join Senate colleagues in trying to pass parts of a blueprint for the 2009 federal budget. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/11/DREAM_TICKET11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/11/DREAM_TICKET11_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:33:48 EDT Even as the campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination grows harsher, Hillary and Bill Clinton are floating the idea of a "dream ticket" with Barack Obama, an extraordinary piece of political calculus that Obama himself dismissed Monday as "gamesmanship." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/07/ELEX_07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/07/ELEX_07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:30:47 EDT Democrats inched toward a compromise Thursday on replaying the presidential primaries in Florida and Michigan, a decision that could have a profound impact on the close contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the party's 2008 White House nomination. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/06/ELEX_DEMS06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/06/ELEX_DEMS06_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:29:35 EDT Recovering from losses in Texas and Ohio, Barack Obama signaled Wednesday that he is ready to fight fire with fire against rival Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential campaign enters a new phase that involves much more than the remaining state primaries and caucuses. The courtship of superdelegates, the delicate issue of what to do about Florida and Michigan and suddenly real concerns about a deadlocked convention this summer will all shape the campaign in the coming weeks. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/05/ELEX_DEMS1STLEDE_COX05.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/05/ELEX_DEMS1STLEDE_COX05.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:28:55 EDT Hillary Clinton scored a life-saving victory in Ohio's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday and held a razor thin lead over Barack Obama in Texas, a political nail-biter that could reshape the still unpredictable campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/04/ELECTION04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/04/ELECTION04_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:27:54 EDT What comes after the crucial presidential primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont largely depends on what happens Tuesday. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/01/POLITICS_UNWANTEDSUPPORT01.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/03/01/POLITICS_UNWANTEDSUPPORT01.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:26:15 EDT The 2008 presidential campaign is suddenly ripe with candidates distancing themselves from controversial supporters. But this year's field of White House contenders isn't the first to encounter such problems, and experts say these challenges require political dexterity and often become tests of character. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/27/OBAMA_POLLS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/27/OBAMA_POLLS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:23:28 EDT It goes by many names - the Bradley, Wilder or Dinkins effect - the tendency of black candidates to do better in the polls than at the ballot box. The widely circulated theory is that whites will tell pollsters they will vote for black candidates, then vote for their white rivals on election day. But Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama is reversing this trend - doing better in the balloting than in the polls. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/26/CLINTON26_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/26/CLINTON26_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:22:31 EDT On the eve of an important debate in Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton touted her foreign policy credentials Monday following a weekend pounding by rival Barack Obama over a trade agreement that many voters in the Buckeye State blame for the state's economic problems. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/24/OBAMACANS24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/24/OBAMACANS24_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:21:20 EDT Ronald Reagan had his "Reagan Democrats," but Barack Obama has turned the tables on the Republican Party with his "Obamacans," disaffected Republicans who are flocking to the Democratic presidential front-runner this year the way disenchanted Democrats backed Reagan, though in smaller numbers. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/22/DEBATE_FACTCHECK22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/22/DEBATE_FACTCHECK22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:20:19 EDT Here is a brief look at the facts in some of the confrontations that Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had in their debate Thursday night in Austin, Texas. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/20/ELEX20_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/20/ELEX20_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:18:42 EDT Illinois Sen. Barack Obama snuffed out New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's comeback bid in Wisconsin's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday with a commanding victory in an important prelude to what shapes up as a last stand for Clinton in Texas and Ohio on March 4. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/19/ELEX_19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/19/ELEX_19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:18:07 EDT The eyes of Texas (and Ohio) will be on the Democratic primary Tuesday in Wisconsin, a state that historically has played an outsized role in picking American presidents. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/18/WISCONSIN_WRAP18_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/18/WISCONSIN_WRAP18_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:17:26 EDT With snow, ice and fog forcing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to the campaign sidelines in the Badger State, surrogates tried to make the case for the support of Democratic Party on Sunday. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/14/DEMS_VICTORY_14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/14/DEMS_VICTORY_14_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:13:33 EDT Winning a presidential nomination is still all about winning delegates, but in a race where neither candidate is likely win enough in the primaries and caucuses to claim outright victory, other factors could come into play. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/13/ELEX_MAIN13_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/13/ELEX_MAIN13_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:12:27 EDT Illinois Sen. Barack Obama routed New York Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, sweeping primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia by wide margins and building momentum in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Arizona Sen. John McCain tightened his grip on the Republican nomination with a sweep of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the same contests. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/13/ELEX_ANALYSIS_13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/13/ELEX_ANALYSIS_13_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:12:26 EDT Six lessons learned on a Tuesday when voters closest to the nation's seat of government cast ballots in primaries in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia: http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/12/ELEX12_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/12/ELEX12_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:11:41 EDT Illinois Sen. Barack Obama rides a political hot streak into Tuesday's Democratic presidential primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia as New York Sen. Hillary Clinton battles perceptions that she is struggling in her campaign for the party's nomination. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/07/ELEX_07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/07/ELEX_07_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:06:14 EDT The Democratic candidates hunkered down Wednesday for a prolonged battle – perhaps all the way to the Democratic National Convention - while two major GOP candidates looked for ways to keep the third, John McCain, from finishing off their race in upcoming contests. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/06/ELEX_DEM06_3RDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/06/ELEX_DEM06_3RDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:05:22 EDT New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama waged an historic struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, clashing in 22 states from coast to coast that culminated in Clinton's victory in California, the most coveted prize of the day. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/06/ELEX_ANALYSIS06_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/06/ELEX_ANALYSIS06_2NDLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:05:21 EDT Arizona Sen. John McCain took command of the Republican presidential campaign with primary and caucus victories from one coast to the other Tuesday, including the biggest prize of the night, California, likely a crushing blow for former Massachusetts Sen. Mitt Romney, who plans to reassess his candidacy on Wednesday. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/05/ELEX_VIEWERSGUIDE05_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/05/ELEX_VIEWERSGUIDE05_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:04:29 EDT The Super Tuesday contest involves voters in 24 states from coast to coast, an election that will keep political junkies glued to their TV sets and computers for at least four hours, and probably longer. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/03/SUPER_TUESDAY_STRATEGY03.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/03/SUPER_TUESDAY_STRATEGY03.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:03:14 EDT This Super Tuesday will be even more super than previous Super Tuesdays. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/03/SUPER_TUESDAY_STATES03.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/02/03/SUPER_TUESDAY_STATES03.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:03:13 EDT Americans in a large patchwork of states will file into voting booths and caucuses on Tuesday in the closest thing the country has ever had to a national presidential primary. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/31/ELEX31_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/31/ELEX31_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 07:00:55 EDT Democrat John Edwards and Republican Rudy Giuliani abandoned their presidential quests Wednesday, narrowing the leading candidates to two in each party but doing little to fundamentally change the dynamic in the hard-fought and potentially lengthy presidential races. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/27/SC_PRIMARY27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/27/SC_PRIMARY27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:58:31 EDT Barack Obama scored a thundering victory in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary Saturday, gaining important momentum for a coast-to-coast contest involving 22 states that's just nine days away. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/27/SCBLACKS_DEMS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/27/SCBLACKS_DEMS27_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:58:28 EDT It wasn't supposed to be this way. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/26/SC_DEMS26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/26/SC_DEMS26_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:57:43 EDT South Carolina Democrats will render a verdict on their party's presidential candidates on Saturday, a contest that is likely to reverberate beyond the South in the weeks ahead. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/23/ELECT23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/23/ELECT23_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:55:27 EDT If Barack Obama was already confused about which Clinton he is running against for president, as he quipped in Monday night's debate, Bill Clinton's arrival here Tuesday as a surrogate for wife, Hillary, probably was not a moment of clarity. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/22/BC_SC_DEBATE22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/22/BC_SC_DEBATE22_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:54:49 EDT The simmering feud between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama exploded in a debate Monday night with a fiery clash over truthfulness and personal character in the pursuit of the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELEX_RDP2NDLEDE_COX20.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELEX_RDP2NDLEDE_COX20.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:53:47 EDT John McCain took a major win in the South Carolina GOP primary, Hillary Clinton captured the Nevada Democratic caucuses and Mitt Romney won that state's largely uncontested GOP battle in Saturday balloting that put a bit more focus on the still-muddled races for the presidential nominations. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELEX_RDP20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELEX_RDP20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:53:46 EDT Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney swept the Nevada caucuses Saturday while South Carolina Republicans voted on a day of balloting that did little to focus the muddled battles for the presidential nominations. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELEX_DEMS2NDLEDE20.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELEX_DEMS2NDLEDE20.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:53:44 EDT New York Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Nevada Democratic presidential caucus Saturday in a bruising contest with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama that included charges of political dirty tricks on both sides. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELECTION_ANALYSIS20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/20/ELECTION_ANALYSIS20_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:53:43 EDT The 2008 presidential campaign moved to the West and the South on Saturday with the same unpredictability it has shown since it began in Iowa two and a half weeks ago. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/19/ELEX19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/19/ELEX19_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:52:56 EDT The unlikely duo of Bible-belt South Carolina and almost-anything-goes Nevada take their turns Saturday in what's become the weekly rejiggering of the presidential nomination races. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/18/NEV_CAUCUS18_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/18/NEV_CAUCUS18_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:52:07 EDT Nevada's presidential caucuses on Saturday are being billed as "the test in the West," the first chance to measure not only the political clout of Hispanics in the 2008 presidential campaign but how much of a battleground the Western states will be in the fall general election. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/16/DEMS_NEWPOLITICS16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/16/DEMS_NEWPOLITICS16_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:49:42 EDT The Obama and Clinton campaigns traded barbs this week over accusations that Bill and Hillary Clinton demeaned the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. This followed complaints by Clinton aides last week that some of the discourse from rivals and the press in New Hampshire was sexist. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_RDP09_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_RDP09_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:45:31 EDT New Hampshire presidential primary voters gave comeback victories on Tuesday to Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, two political veterans in desperate need of wins over relative newcomers, http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_NEXT09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_NEXT09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:45:30 EDT The Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls leave New Hampshire for appearances in states with upcoming primaries and caucus: Michigan, Jan. 15; Nevada, Jan. 19; South Carolina, Jan. 19 for the Republicans, Jan. 26 for the Democrats; and Florida, Jan. 29. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_DEMS09_4THLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_DEMS09_4THLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:45:28 EDT New York Sen. Hillary Clinton scored a narrow but stunning victory over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in Tuesday's first-in-the-nation primary, donning the "comeback" mantle that New Hampshire bestowed on her husband in his successful bid for the White House in 1992. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_ANALYSIS09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/09/NH_ANALYSIS09_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:45:27 EDT With his improbable victory here Tuesday, John McCain, his campaign given up for dead just months ago, sent a resounding message to fellow Republicans in a muddled GOP contest: "Mac is back." http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/08/NH_RDP08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/08/NH_RDP08_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:44:48 EDT White House hopefuls barnstormed New Hampshire on Monday on the eve of the nation's first presidential primary, a contest that could radically reshuffle the fortunes of some leading contenders of both parties. http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/07/NH_ROUNDUP07_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 http://www.coxwashington.com/news/content/reporters/stories/2008/01/07/NH_ROUNDUP07_1STLD_COX.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=0 Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:43:59 EDT Former front-runner Hillary Clinton sought to slow Barack Obama's political momentum ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary while the Republican front-runners sparred at a Sunday night forum over who can best change the way Washington works.