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Senators Hurry to Keep Health Care in Forefront

Two of the Senate's most influential leaders are working separately behind the scenes on legislation that would dramatically alter the way Americans get health care, hoping their early efforts -- including the release today of a position paper -- will push President-elect Barack Obama to move rap...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-11-2008
Right Turn in July Put McCain on Unfamiliar Path

John McCain's campaign was meandering through the summer, one day focusing on the Everglades, the next on Iraq and hardly ever on Barack Obama, when a small group of top advisers took the candidate aside and told him to make a choice.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-05-2008
As Political Climate Changes, Appointees Begin Burrowing In

Some animals burrow to secure protection from the elements. Rabbits, moles, gophers and groundhogs are examples of burrowing critters.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-03-2008
Hard-Fought Battle in Hard-Hit Ohio

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Nov. 2 -- With the presidential campaigns pressing to get out the vote in the race's final hours, no state is being more fiercely contested than Ohio, which provided President Bush with his decisive margin of victory four years ago.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-02-2008
Discord on Economies In a World Of Trouble

Presidents and prime ministers from major countries around the world will gather in Washington in two weeks to begin heated negotiations over the shape of global financial regulation as they scramble to avoid a deep worldwide recession and restore confidence in markets.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-01-2008
Gubernatorial Race In Wash. State Elicits That Deja Vu Feeling

SEATTLE -- In Washington state, all the elements are in place to make Nov. 4 feel a lot like Feb. 2. Chris Gregoire and Dino Rossi are running for governor, and polls show a dead heat.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-31-2008
GOP Slide in Mich. Hews to Economy

JACKSON, Mich. -- Almost everything seems to be on the wane in the self-proclaimed birthplace of the Republican Party.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-31-2008
Bush Reserved as E.U. Leaders Assert Power in Crisis

In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has loudly proclaimed the need to increase regulation and oversight of financial markets, vowing on Thursday to "refound the global financial system" as part of "an intellectual and moral revolution."

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-24-2008
Obama Has Burst in Ad Spending in Early October

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama reported spending $82 million on advertising during the first two weeks of October -- more than half of what Sen. John F. Kerry spent on television commercials for the entire 2004 presidential campaign.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-24-2008
Safety in Numbers? Poll-Driven Press Goes Out on a Limb

The network maps are bathed in blue, the pundits contemplating a landslide, the conservative columnists preparing for the indignities of an Obama administration.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-19-2008

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