Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded John McCain Thursday for opposing the farm bill, attempting to maintain the sense that she is already competing against the certain Republican presidential nominee even as her chances for winning the Democratic nomination dim.

Barack Obama collected the support of five of John Edwards' Democratic convention delegates on Thursday, then gained the backing of four superdelegates and a large labor union as he marched steadily toward the party's presidential nomination.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's assertions that she leads Barack Obama in the popular vote are a stretch, at best.

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Outside the Pepsi Center, it doesn't look like much is happening. But with 100 days to go to the opening session of the Democratic National Convention, Denver says it will be ready.

Dispatches from this year's Democratic National Convention will be penned by writers with names like wizardkitten and appear in bloggingformichigan.com and other sites, as well as coming from more traditional names, newspapers and television broadcasts.

A pledged delegate for Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday he now supports Barack Obama, becoming the first pledged delegate to publicly announce that he is switching sides in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The resignation of Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann means fellow Democrats will be exposed to the same ethics charges that helped them win in 2006 and now will tinge the ballot in a presidential election year.

Democratic presidential rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can agree on one thing - they want their party to have more money, no matter who is the nominee.

A former Republican consultant who served three months in prison for his role in the Election Day 2002 phone-jamming operation against New Hampshire Democrats said Wednesday he knows of no connection between the White House and the plot.