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 …

Joe Hagin, a White House deputy chief of staff who is one of the longest-serving members of President Bush’s inner circle, told friends Thursday morning that he is leaving later this month to take a corporate position.

Hagin …

The question bounced around the Internet and tumbled from the lips of Washington insiders: Why would Barack Obama choose Caroline Kennedy, a reluctant public figure with little affection for modern politics, to vet the next Democratic vice presidential candidate?…

The Sergeant has been promoted.

Whenever Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) needed an answer to a political question during long days on buses and planes with reporters during the GOP primary, he would turn to a linebacker of a campaign …

Lawyers for disgraced Chicago businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko accused the government of “recklessly” whipping up a “media frenzy” by alleging that Rezko used a straw donor to contribute to Barack Obama.

In a filing unsealed this week, Rezko’s …

In 2004, Republicans demanded fuller disclosure about the considerable fortune of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Now, the GOP is reaping what it sowed.

Having established a recent precedent for increased …

Barack Obama is a different kind of Democrat. He is one who actually intends to win.

I don’t know if he will or not, but I do know that he has made a key decision: He has decided …