The presidential campaign trail often loved Barack Obama more than he loved it. When he was sworn in last month, he told friends he was eager to tackle the rigors of the Oval Office. ...more

February 9, 2009

Madelyn Dunham, who watched from afar as her only grandson rapidly ascended the ranks of American politics to the brink of the presidency, did not live to see whether he was elected. ...more

November 4, 2008

WASHINGTON - The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. ...more

July 20, 2008

You won't hear the R-word much in the modest governor's mansion in Helena, Mont. ...more

February 24, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP)- Mike Huckabee's first day as Arkansas governor is remembered most for the Four Hour Crisis. Five minutes before Huckabee was to be sworn in, the disgraced outgoing governor, Jim Guy Tucker, tried to wriggle out of his promise to resign. ...more

December 29, 2007

It's getting ugly out on the presidential campaign trail. Attack ads are heating up, so are tempers. And, as usual, few of the attacks are truthful and fudging the facts is raised to an art form. No one knows this better than Republican candidate Mike Huckabee. Huckabee, who has been surging in the polls for weeks, is taking a pounding in Iowa at the hands of some of the folks who bankrolled the Swift Boat fiasco. A Houston, Texas, home builder, who funded much of the unsubstantiated rumors surrounding the Sen. John Kerry presidential bid, has turned on a Republican. He claims Huckabee was a big spender as governor of Arkansas. It's true Huckabee spent taxpayer money in Arkansas. He admits this, and has a good reason why he did it. His state was one of the worst in the nation on education, and the state's poor school system was infamous around the nation. ...more

December 28, 2007