It’s nearly an axiom in presidential politics to ignore the early polls. Perhaps that’s one piece of conventional wisdom that’s not entirely wise.

In the post-war era, the Gallup polls taken closest to the Independence Day holiday have …

The realization almost always prompts a double take, a moment of inspection, maybe even a debate: Is baby-faced Barack Obama, the symbol of a younger political generation, actually aging in front of us?

By his own admission this …

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) promised primary voters a swift withdrawal from Iraq, in clear language still on his website: “Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month and …

Attendees at the National Right to Life Committee’s annual convention may be lukewarm about John McCain’s candidacy, but when it comes to Barack Obama, they are positively overheated.

From the speakers to the rank and file at the …

Former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), a conservative icon who represented the Tarheel State in the Senate for 30 years, died early this morning at the age of 86.

Helms served in the Senate from 1972 to 2002, where …

The Bush Administration has decided not to keep Dr. John Howard on as director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health despite strong support from business and labor after six years leading the worker safety agency within the …