In 2006 Congress was debating whether to authorize increasing the size of the national debt. A freshman senator addressed his colleagues: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt is a sign of leadership failure." ...more

November 2, 2009

The American voter has just elected a freshman senator who has only served two years of his term, (a total of 143 working days) to be the president of the United States. ...more

November 8, 2008

Election news junkies are going into withdrawal after the historic - and long - presidential election put Democrat Barack Obama in the White House. ...more

November 8, 2008

Barack Obama's calmly assured response to the economic crisis and solid debate performance have bolstered the view among voters that he is ready to be chief executive, a crucial threshold he needs to cross to win the presidency. ...more

September 30, 2008

Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers. ...more

May 25, 2008

Florida Republican Mel Martinez is among the top early fundraisers of the class of U.S. senators who face re-election in 2010, already taking in nearly $2.9 million for his own cause. ...more

November 18, 2007