461 days ago - Speculation over Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana as a possible running mate for Barack Obama is expected to intensify today as the two Democrats stump together in the Hoosier state.
462 days ago - In his second reversal on energy policy in four days, Barack Obama on Monday called for tapping the nation’s emergency oil reserves as Republicans passed out tire gauges to mock Obama’s energy plan.
464 days ago - Economists are skeptical of Barack Obama’s proposal to impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies in order to pay for a $1,000 rebate to consumers squeezed by high energy prices.
466 days ago - John McCain’s campaign accused Barack Obama of playing the race card Thursday by claiming that McCain says Obama “doesn’t look like all the presidents on the dollar bills.”
467 days ago - By equivocating on whether he would raise Social Security payroll taxes, John McCain has managed to simultaneously raise the ire of anti-tax Republicans and truth-squadding Democrats.
467 days ago - Determined to turn Barack Obama’s celebrity into a liability, John McCain’s campaign is mockingly comparing the globe-trotting Democrat to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
468 days ago - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine said Tuesday he would not turn down an offer to be Barack Obama’s running mate, although he declined to say whether he is being vetted by the campaign.
469 days ago - Sensing he has seized upon a winning issue, John McCain stepped up his attack on Barack Obama Monday for canceling a visit to wounded U.S. troops at a hospital in Germany.
471 days ago - Former presidential candidate Bob Dole, 85, has cut off communication with John McCain, 71, so that McCain cannot be accused of taking advice from someone older than himself.
478 days ago - Some conservatives are complaining that John McCain seems a little too eager to denounce Republicans who commit gaffes while campaigning on his behalf.
480 days ago - President Bush paid tribute Thursday to the “far too brief” life of former White House press secretary Tony Snow, who was laid to rest after succumbing to cancer Saturday at age 53.